Septembre 2004 AUX: DU: OBJET: DATE LIMITE : 15 décembre 2004

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1 F CX 4/30.2 CL 2004/44-FAC Septembre 2004 AUX: DU: OBJET: Services centraux de liaison avec le Codex Organisations internationales ayant statut d observateur auprès du Codex Secrétaire, Commission du Codex Alimentarius, Programme mixte FAO/OMS sur les normes alimentaires Viale delle Terme di Caracalla Rome, Italie DEMANDE D OBSERVATIONS SUR: I) AVANT-PROJET DE DISPOSITIONS RELATIVES AUX ADDITIFS ALIMENTAIRES A L ETAPE 3 DANS LA NORME GENERALE CODEX POUR LES ADDITIFS ALIMENTAIRES; ET, DATE LIMITE : 15 décembre 2004 II) NOUVELLES PROPOSITIONS POUR L EMPLOI DU NEOTAME (SIN 961) ET DE L ALCOOL POLYVINYLIQUE (SIN 1203) POUR INCLUSION DANS LA NORME GENERALE CODEX POUR LES ADDITIFS ALIMENTAIRES A L ETAPE 3 OBSERVATIONS: Au: Copies au: Service central de liaison avec le Codex pour les Pays-Bas Ministère de l agriculture, de la nature et de la qualité des aliments 2500 E.K. La Haye (Pays-Bas) Télécopie: Courriel: info@codexalimentarius.nl Secrétaire Commission du Codex Alimentarius Programme mixte FAO/OMS sur les normes alimentaires Viale delle Terme di Caracalla Rome (Italie) Télécopie: Courriel: codex@fao.org RAPPEL DES FAITS 1. À sa trente-sixième session, le Comité du Codex sur les additifs alimentaires et les contaminants (CCFAC) est convenu que les nouvelles utilisations proposées pour certains additifs alimentaires en réponse aux lettres circulaires CL 2002/44-FAC, CL 2003/13-FAC et CL 2003/34-FAC devraient être intégrées dans la NGAA et distribuées pour observations à l étape 3 par une lettre circulaire distincte 1. Les dispositions proposées à l étape 3 figurent à l Annexe I. 2. Comme le précisait la lettre circulaire CL 2002/10-FAC, le CCFAC a demandé à sa trente-quatrième session des renseignements à l étape 3, sur l emploi des additifs auxquels le JECFA, à sa cinquante-septième session, avait attribué des DJA non spécifiées dans les catégories d aliments énumérées à l annexe du tableau 3. 2 Les dispositions proposées à l étape 3 figurent à l Annexe II. 1 2 J3193/F ALINORM 04/27/12, par. 77. ALINORM 03/12, par. 20.

2 CL 2004/44-FAC 2 Additifs auxquels le JECFA a attribué une DJA à sa soixante et unième session 3. À sa soixante et unième session, le JECFA a attribué une DJA (dose journalière admissible) numérique au néotame (SIN 961, DJA = 0-2 mg/kg de poids corporel), et à l alcool polyvinylique (SIN 1203, DJA = 50 mg/kg de poids corporel). À sa trente-sixième session, le CCFAC a décidé de demander des renseignements sur les emplois proposés pour le néotame et l alcool polyvinylique pour inclusion dans la NGAA 3. NOTES AUX ANNEXES 4 Annexe I Tableau 1 de la NGAA: Avant-projet de dispositions relatives aux additifs alimentaires à l étape 3 4. L Annexe I contient une liste des avant-projets de dispositions relatives aux additifs alimentaires à l étape 3, reçus en réponse aux lettres circulaires CL 2002/44-FAC, CL 2003/13-FAC et CL 2003/34-FAC. Un certain nombre de ces propositions ont été soumises pour répondre au souhait du CCFAC d attribuer des concentrations maximales numériques aux additifs auxquels le Comité mixte FAO/OMS d experts des additifs alimentaires (JECFA) a attribué une DJA numérique. 5. À sa trente-sixième session, le CCFAC a demandé au groupe de travail électronique de préparer un rapport contenant les recommandations à la trente-septième session du Comité sur le projet de concentrations maximales des additifs alimentaires énumérés à l Annexe X de son rapport 5. Par conséquent, les gouvernements membres et les organisations internationales sont encouragés à formuler des observations sur l avant-projet de dispositions relatives aux additifs alimentaires énumérés à l annexe X du document ALINORM 04/27/12. Annexe II - Tableau 3 de la NGAA: Avant-projet de dispositions relatives aux additifs alimentaires à l étape 3 6. L Annexe II mentionne trois additifs à l étape 3 qui ont été ajoutés au tableau 3 à la suite de la trentequatrième session du CCFAC. Il s agit des substances suivantes: carboxyméthyl-cellulose sodique réticulée (SIN 468), amidon oxydé acétylé (SIN 1451) et alpha-cyclodextrine (SIN 457). À sa cinquante-septième session, le JECFA a attribué à l amidon oxydé acétylé et à l alpha-cyclodextrine une DJA «non spécifiée», et à sa cinquante-neuvième session, une DJA «non spécifiée» à la carboxyméthyl-cellulose sodique réticulée. DEMANDE D OBSERVATIONS 7. Les gouvernements membres et les organisations internationales sont invités à formuler des observations, selon les instructions ci-dessus, au sujet des questions spécifiques ci-après: i) Dispositions relatives aux additifs alimentaires à l étape 3 Avant-projet de dispositions relatives aux additifs alimentaires à l étape 3 dans le tableau 1 de la Norme générale pour les additifs alimentaires (NGAA) énumérés à l Annexe I, en particulier pour savoir si les délégations appuient l avancement de ces dispositions à l étape 5 de la procédure. Avant-projet de dispositions relatives aux additifs alimentaires inclus dans le tableau 3 de la NGAA du Codex à l étape 3, énumérés à l Annexe II, en particulier pour savoir si les délégations appuient l avancement de ces dispositions à l étape 5 de la procédure. Les observations fournies à l étape 3 devraient permettre de savoir si ces avant-projets de dispositions soulèvent des questions sur le plan de la sécurité sanitaire des aliments ou des besoins technologiques ALINORM 04/27/12, Annexe XXVI. Les annexes sont disponibles en anglais seulement. ALINORM 04/27/12, par. 70.

3 CL 2004/44-FAC 3 ii) Dispositions relatives aux nouveaux additifs alimentaires Propositions concernant de nouveaux emplois du néotame (SIN 961) et de l alcool polyvinylique (SIN 1203) pour inclusion dans la NGAA à l étape 3. Propositions concernant l utilisation des additifs énumérés à l Annexe II dans les catégories d aliments citées dans l appendice au tableau 3.

4 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 4 CODEX GENERAL STANDARD FOR FOOD ADDITIVES TABLE ONE Additives Permitted for Use Under Specified Conditions in Certain Food Categories or Individual Food Items - Provisions at Step Three ACESULFAME POTASSIUM Acesulfame Potassium INS: 950 Flavour Enhancer, Sweetener 01.2 Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding 500 mg/kg food category (dairy-based drinks) Beverage whiteners 2000 mg/kg Cream (plain) and the like 1000 mg/kg Milk powder and cream powder and powder analogues 3000 mg/kg (plain) Unripened cheese 500 mg/kg Cheese analogues 350 mg/kg Fat emulsions maily of type oil-in-water, including mixed 1000 mg/kg and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fermented fruit products 1000 mg/kg Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and 1000 mg/kg tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, 1000 mg/kg Cocoa and chocolate products 2000 mg/kg Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice 300 mg/kg Dried pastas and noodles and like products 1000 mg/kg Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 1000 mg/kg Bread and ordinary bakery wares 1000 mg/kg Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and 600 mg/kg fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high mg/kg intensity sweeteners Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g., 2000 mg/kg 3 seasoning for instant noodles)

5 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 5 ACESULFAME POTASSIUM GSFA-TABLE ONE Flavour Enhancer, Sweetener 12.3 Vinegars 2000 mg/kg Formulae for special medical purposes for infants 450 mg/kg Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary 1000 mg/kg use) excluding products of food categories Concentrates for vegetable juice 3000 mg/kg Note Concentrates for vegetable nectar 2500 mg/kg Note Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and 600 mg/kg Grape wines 500 mg/kg Wines (other than grape) 500 mg/kg Mead 500 mg/kg Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% 350 mg/kg alcohol Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g., beer, wine and 500 mg/kg spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers) Composite foods - foods that could not be placed in 350 mg/kg 3 categories ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL Acetic Acid, Glacial INS: 260 Acidity Regulator, Preservative Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, GMP Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, GMP Soft white sugar, soft brown sugar, glucose syrup, dried 330 mg/kg glucose syrup, raw cane sugar Formulae for special medical purposes for infants GMP Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and GMP 3 ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL Acetic and Fatty Acid Esters of INS: 472a Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Sequestrant Formulae for special medical purposes for infants 5000 mg/kg 3 ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE Acetylated Distarch Adipate INS: 1422 Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener 01.2 Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding GMP food category (dairy-based drinks) Infant formulae GMP Formulae for special medical purposes for infants 6000 mg/kg 3

6 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 6 ACETYLATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE Acetylated Distarch Phosphate INS: 1414 Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener 01.2 Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding GMP food category (dairy-based drinks) Formulae for special medical purposes for infants 6000 mg/kg 3 ACID TREATED STARCH Acid Treated Starch INS: 1401 Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener 01.2 Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding GMP food category (dairy-based drinks) Infant formulae GMP Follow-up formulae GMP 3 ADIPATES Adipic Acid INS: 355 Sodium Adipate INS: 356 Potassium Adipate INS: 357 Ammonium Adipate INS: 359 Acidity Regulator, Firming Agent, Raising Agent Fermented milks (plain) 1500 mg/kg Note Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, mg/kg Note 1 3 AGAR Agar INS: 406 Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Filler, Stabilizer, Thickener Fresh pastas and noodles and like products GMP 3 ALGINIC ACID Alginic Acid INS: 400 Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, GMP Fresh pastas and noodles and like products GMP Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, GMP Salt Substitutes GMP Herbs and spices GMP Note Formulae for special medical purposes for infants 5000 mg/kg Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and GMP 3

7 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 7 ALKALINE TREATED STARCH Alkaline Treated Starch INS: 1402 Bulking Agent, Stabilizer, Thickener 01.2 Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding GMP food category (dairy-based drinks) Infant formulae GMP Follow-up formulae GMP 3 ALLURA RED AC Allura Red AC INS: 129 Colour Unripened cheese 200 mg/kg Note Whey cheese 300 mg/kg Note Cheese analogues 300 mg/kg Note Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats 500 mg/kg Margarine and similar products 300 mg/kg Fresh eggs 100 mg/kg Notes 3 & Beer and malt beverages 200 mg/kg 3 ALPHA-AMYLASE (BACILLUS SUBTILIS) Alpha-Amylase (Bacillus subtilis) INS: 1100 Enzyme, Flour Treatment Agent Starches GMP 3 ALPHA-AMYLASE (CARBOHYDRASE) (BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS) Alpha-Amylase (Carbohydrase) (Bacillus INS: 1100 licheniformis) Enzyme, Flour Treatment Agent Starches GMP 3 ALUMINIUM AMMONIUM SULPHATE Aluminium Ammonium Sulphate INS: 523 Firming Agent, Raising Agent, Stabilizer Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and 500 mg/kg Note tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, 500 mg/kg Note Flours and starches (including soybean powder) 500 mg/kg Note Crackers, excluding sweet crackers mg/kg Note Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, mg/kg Note 29 3 English muffins)

8 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 8 ALUMINIUM AMMONIUM SULPHATE Firming Agent, Raising Agent, Stabilizer Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread mg/kg Note 29 3 crumbs Steamed breads and buns mg/kg Note Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares mg/kg Note Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes mg/kg Note Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g., 500 mg/kg Note 6 3 seasoning for instant noodles) Fresh bean curd (tofu) GMP Note Fermented soybean curd (soybean cheese) GMP Note Fermented soybean paste (e.g., miso) GMP Note Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots 500 mg/kg Note 6 3 and tubers, pulses and legumes) ALUMINIUM SILICATE Aluminium Silicate INS: 559 Adjuvant, Anticaking Agent Herbs and spices GMP Note 51 3 AMARANTH Amaranth INS: 123 Colour Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, 300 mg/kg Fresh eggs 100 mg/kg Notes 3 & 4 3 AMMONIUM CHLORIDE Ammonium Chloride INS: 510 Flour Treatment agent Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, GMP Fresh meat, poultry, and game GMP Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, GMP Salt Substitutes GMP Herbs and spices GMP Note Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and GMP 3

9 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 9 ANNATTO EXTRACTS Annatto Extracts INS: 160b Colour 02.3 Fat emulsions maily of type oil-in-water, including mixed 20 mg/kg Note and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 200 mg/kg Note Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit 200 mg/kg Note Cocoa products and chocolate products including 200 mg/kg Note imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, 200 mg/kg Note etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Dried pastas and noodles and like products 24 mg/kg Note Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 100 mg/kg Bread and ordinary bakery wares 120 mg/kg Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including 100 mg/kg 3 mollusks, 10.1 Fresh eggs 100 mg/kg Notes 3 & Sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted, 100 mg/kg including treacle and molasses, excluding products of food category Other sugars and syrups (e.g., xylose, maple syrup, 60 mg/kg sugar toppings) Food supplements 60 mg/kg Grape wines 10 mg/kg Fortified grape wine, grape liquor wine, and sweet grape 15 mg/kg 3 wine ASCORBIC ACID Ascorbic Acid INS: 300 Antioxidant, Colour Retention Agent Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, GMP Fresh pastas and noodles and like products 200 mg/kg Dried pastas and noodles and like products 200 mg/kg Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, GMP Salt Substitutes GMP Herbs and spices GMP Note Vegetable juice GMP Concentrates for vegetable juice GMP Vegetable nectar GMP Concentrates for vegetable nectar GMP Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and 500 mg/kg Grape wines 250 mg/kg 3

10 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 10 ASCORBYL ESTERS Ascorbyl Palmitate INS: 304 Ascorbyl Stearate INS: 305 Antioxidant Infant formulae 10 mg/kg Note Follow-up formulae 50 mg/kg Note Formulae for special medical purposes for infants 100 mg/kg Note Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes GMP Note (excluding products of food category 13.1) Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight 500 mg/kg Note reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary 500 mg/kg Note 10 3 use) excluding products of food categories ASPARTAME Aspartame INS: 951 Flavor Enhancer, Sweetener Beverage whiteners 6000 mg/kg Pasteurized cream (plain) 6000 mg/kg Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 6000 mg/kg creams, and reduced fat creams (plain) Clotted cream (plain) 6000 mg/kg Milk powder and cream powder (plain) 5000 mg/kg Unripened cheese 1000 mg/kg Fat emulsions maily of type oil-in-water, including mixed 1000 mg/kg and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and 2500 mg/kg tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and GMP fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and Vinegars GMP Formulae for special medical purposes for infants 800 mg/kg Note Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and 5000 mg/kg 3 AZORUBINE Azorubine INS: 122 Colour Crackers, excluding sweet crackers 50 mg/kg Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, 50 mg/kg English muffins) Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots 550 mg/kg 3 and tubers, pulses and legumes)

11 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 11 BEET RED Beet Red INS: 162 Colour Salt GMP Formulae for special medical purposes for infants 20 mg/kg Note 84 3 BENZOATES Benzoic Acid INS: 210 Sodium Benzoate INS: 211 Potassium Benzoate INS: 212 Calcium Benzoate INS: 213 Preservative Jams, jellies, marmelades 1500 mg/kg Note Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and 1000 mg/kg Note game products Other soybean protein products (including non-fermented 1000 mg/kg Note 13 3 soy sauce) BENZOYL PEROXIDE Benzoyl Peroxide INS: 928 Bleaching Agent (Not for Flour), Flour Treatment Agent Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses 100 mg/kg 3 BHA Butylated Hydroxyanisole INS: 320 Antioxidant Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., 200 mg/kg Notes 15 & 88 3 chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey based drinks) Condensed milk (plain) 200 mg/kg Notes 15 & Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 200 mg/kg Note Mixes for soups and broths 300 mg/kg Note 15 3 BHT Butylated Hydroxytoluene INS: 321 Adjuvant, Antioxidant Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., 200 mg/kg Notes 15 & 88 3 chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey based drinks) Condensed milk (plain) 200 mg/kg Notes 15 & 88 3

12 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 12 BLEACHED STARCH Bleached Starch INS: 1403 Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener 01.2 Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding GMP food category (dairy-based drinks) Infant formulae GMP Follow-up formulae GMP 3 BRILLIANT BLUE FCF Brilliant Blue FCF INS: 133 Colour Unripened cheese 200 mg/kg Note Whey cheese 200 mg/kg Note Cheese analogues 200 mg/kg Note Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats 200 mg/kg Margarine and similar products 200 mg/kg Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, 500 mg/kg Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings 300 mg/kg Cocoa and chocolate products 300 mg/kg Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products 300 mg/kg Beer and malt beverages 200 mg/kg 3 CALCIUM ALGINATE Calcium Alginate INS: 404 Antifoaming Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener Formulae for special medical purposes for infants 5000 mg/kg 3 CALCIUM ASCORBATE Calcium Ascorbate INS: 302 Antioxidant Fresh pastas and noodles and like products 200 mg/kg Dried pastas and noodles and like products 200 mg/kg Formulae for special medical purposes for infants 3000 mg/kg Vegetable juice GMP Concentrates for vegetable juice GMP Vegetable nectar GMP Concentrates for vegetable nectar GMP 3

13 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 13 CALCIUM CARBONATE Calcium Carbonate INS: 170i Anticaking Agent, Acidity Regulator, Colour, Emulsifier, Stabilizer Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, mg/kg Note Flours and starches (including soybean powder) mg/kg Note Fresh pastas and noodles and like products mg/kg Note Dried pastas and noodles and like products mg/kg Note Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, mg/kg Note Salt Substitutes mg/kg Note Herbs and spices mg/kg Notes 51& Formulae for special medical purposes for infants GMP Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and mg/kg Note 58 3 CALCIUM CHLORIDE Calcium Chloride INS: 509 Firming Agent, Stabilizer, Thickener Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, mg/kg Note Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, mg/kg Note Salt Substitutes mg/kg Note Herbs and spices mg/kg Notes 51 & Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and mg/kg Note 58 3 CALCIUM CITRATES Calcium Citrates INS: 333 Acidity Regulator,Antioxidant, Emulsifier, Firming Agent, Sequestrant Formulae for special medical purposes for infants GMP 3 CALCIUM HYDROXIDE Calcium Hydroxide INS: 526 Acidity Regulator, Firming Agent Formulae for special medical purposes for infants GMP 3

14 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 14 CALCIUM LACTATE Calcium Lactate INS: 327 Acidity Regulator, Antioxidant, Emulsifier, Firming Agent, Stabilzer, Thickener Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped GMP creams, and reduced fat creams (plain) Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, mg/kg Note Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, mg/kg Note Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, mg/kg Note Salt Substitutes mg/kg Note Herbs and spices mg/kg Notes 51 & Formulae for special medical purposes for infants GMP Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and mg/kg Note 58 3 CALCIUM PROPIONATE Calcium Propionate INS: 282 Preservative 06.2 Flours and starches (including soybean powder) GMP Fresh pastas and noodles and like products 250 mg/kg Dried pastas and noodles and like products 250 mg/kg 3 CALCIUM RIBONUCLEOTIDES, 5'- Calcium Ribonucleotides, 5'- INS: 634 Flavour Enhancer Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, GMP Dried pastas and noodles and like products GMP 3 CALCIUM SULPHATE Calcium Sulphate INS: 516 Acidity Regulator, Bulking Agent, Firming Agent, Flour Treatment Agent, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener Pasteurized cream (plain) GMP Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped GMP 3 creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)

15 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 15 CANTHAXANTHIN Canthaxanthin INS: 161g Colour 06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats 50 mg/kg Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g., beer, wine and 5 mg/kg 3 spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers) CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS I Caramel Colour, Class I - Plain INS: 150a Colour Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, GMP Salt Substitutes GMP Herbs and spices GMP Note Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and GMP 3 CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS II Caramel Colour, Class II-caustic sulphate process INS: 150b Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., mg/kg 3 chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey based drinks) Cheese and analogues mg/kg Dairy-based desserts (e.g., pudding, fruit or flavoured mg/kg yoghurt) Whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses mg/kg Fats and oils, and fat emulsions mg/kg Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet mg/kg Processed fruit mg/kg Processed vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, mg/kg seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Confectionery mg/kg Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats mg/kg Dried pastas and noodles and like products mg/kg Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products mg/kg Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, mg/kg tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading or batters for fish or poultry) mg/kg Pre-cooked or processed rice products, including rice mg/kg cakes (Oriental type only) Bakery wares mg/kg Meat and meat products, including poultry and game mg/kg Note Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, mg/kg Note Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, mg/kg 3

16 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 16 CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS II 09.3 Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mg/kg mollusks, Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and mg/kg fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and Fresh eggs mg/kg Notes 3 & Egg products mg/kg Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned mg/kg eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) mg/kg Other sugars and syrups (e.g., xylose, maple syrup, mg/kg sugar toppings) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high mg/kg intensity sweeteners Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g., mg/kg seasoning for instant noodles) Vinegars mg/kg Mustards mg/kg Soups and broths mg/kg Sauces and like products mg/kg Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich mg/kg 3 spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories and Soybean protein products mg/kg Semi-dehydrated bean curd mg/kg Other protein products mg/kg Fermented soybean products mg/kg Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes mg/kg (excluding products of food category 13.1) Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight mg/kg reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary mg/kg use) excluding products of food categories Food supplements mg/kg Vegetable juice mg/kg Concentrates for vegetable juice mg/kg Vegetable nectar mg/kg Concentrates for vegetable nectar mg/kg Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," mg/kg or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and mg/kg Alcoholic beverages, including alcohol-free and low mg/kg alcoholic counterparts Ready-to-eat savouries mg/kg Composite foods - foods that could not be placed in mg/kg 3 categories 01 15

17 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 17 CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS III Caramel Colour, Class III - Ammonia Process Colour INS: 150c Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., mg/kg 3 chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey based drinks) Beverage whiteners 1000 mg/kg Clotted cream (plain) 5000 mg/kg Cream analogues 5000 mg/kg Milk and cream powder analogues 5000 mg/kg Cheese and analogues mg/kg Dairy-based desserts (e.g., pudding, fruit or flavoured mg/kg yoghurt) Whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses mg/kg Fats and oils essentially free from water mg/kg Margarine and similar products mg/kg Emulsions containing less than 80% fat mg/kg Fat emulsions maily of type oil-in-water, including mixed mg/kg and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert mg/kg products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet mg/kg Processed fruit mg/kg Processed vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, mg/kg seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Confectionery mg/kg Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats mg/kg Dried pastas and noodles and like products mg/kg Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products mg/kg Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, mg/kg tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading or batters for fish or poultry) mg/kg Pre-cooked or processed rice products, including rice mg/kg cakes (Oriental type only) Crackers, excluding sweet crackers mg/kg Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, mg/kg English muffins) Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread mg/kg crumbs Steamed breads and buns mg/kg Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes mg/kg Meat and meat products, including poultry and game mg/kg Note Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, mg/kg Note Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, mg/kg Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mg/kg mollusks, Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and mg/kg fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and Fresh eggs mg/kg Notes 3 & Egg products mg/kg Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned mg/kg eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) mg/kg Powdered sugar, powdered dextrose mg/kg Other sugars and syrups (e.g., xylose, maple syrup, mg/kg 3 sugar toppings)

18 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 18 CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS III 11.6 Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high mg/kg intensity sweeteners Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g., mg/kg seasoning for instant noodles) Vinegars mg/kg Mustards mg/kg Soups and broths mg/kg Sauces and like products mg/kg Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich mg/kg 3 spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories and Soybean protein products mg/kg Semi-dehydrated bean curd mg/kg Other protein products mg/kg Fermented soybean products mg/kg Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes mg/kg (excluding products of food category 13.1) Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight mg/kg reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary mg/kg use) excluding products of food categories Food supplements mg/kg Vegetable juice mg/kg Concentrates for vegetable juice mg/kg Vegetable nectar mg/kg Concentrates for vegetable nectar mg/kg Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," mg/kg or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and mg/kg Alcoholic beverages, including alcohol-free and low mg/kg alcoholic counterparts Ready-to-eat savouries mg/kg Composite foods - foods that could not be placed in mg/kg 3 categories CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS IV Caramel Colour, Class IV - Ammonia INS: 150d Sulphite Process Colour Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., mg/kg 3 chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey based drinks) Beverage whiteners 1000 mg/kg Clotted cream (plain) 5000 mg/kg Cream analogues 5000 mg/kg Milk and cream powder analogues 5000 mg/kg Cheese and analogues mg/kg Dairy-based desserts (e.g., pudding, fruit or flavoured mg/kg yoghurt) Whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses mg/kg Fats and oils essentially free from water mg/kg Margarine and similar products mg/kg Emulsions containing less than 80% fat mg/kg 3

19 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 19 CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS IV 02.3 Fat emulsions maily of type oil-in-water, including mixed mg/kg and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert mg/kg products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet mg/kg Processed fruit mg/kg Processed vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, mg/kg 3 seaweeds, and nuts and seeds 05.0 Confectionery mg/kg Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats mg/kg Dried pastas and noodles and like products mg/kg Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products mg/kg Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, mg/kg tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading or batters for fish or poultry) mg/kg Pre-cooked or processed rice products, including rice mg/kg cakes (Oriental type only) Crackers, excluding sweet crackers mg/kg Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, mg/kg English muffins) Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread mg/kg crumbs Steamed breads and buns mg/kg Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes mg/kg Meat and meat products, including poultry and game mg/kg Note Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, mg/kg Note Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, mg/kg Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mg/kg mollusks, Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and mg/kg fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and Fresh eggs mg/kg Notes 3 & Egg products mg/kg Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned mg/kg eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) mg/kg Powdered sugar, powdered dextrose mg/kg Other sugars and syrups (e.g., xylose, maple syrup, mg/kg sugar toppings) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high mg/kg intensity sweeteners Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g., mg/kg seasoning for instant noodles) Vinegars mg/kg Mustards mg/kg Soups and broths mg/kg Sauces and like products mg/kg Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich mg/kg 3 spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories and Soybean protein products mg/kg Semi-dehydrated bean curd mg/kg Other protein products mg/kg Fermented soybean products mg/kg Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes mg/kg 3 (excluding products of food category 13.1)

20 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 20 CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS IV 13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight mg/kg reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary mg/kg use) excluding products of food categories Food supplements mg/kg Vegetable juice mg/kg Concentrates for vegetable juice mg/kg Vegetable nectar mg/kg Concentrates for vegetable nectar mg/kg Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," mg/kg or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and mg/kg Alcoholic beverages, including alcohol-free and low mg/kg alcoholic counterparts Ready-to-eat savouries mg/kg Composite foods - foods that could not be placed in mg/kg 3 categories CARBON DIOXIDE Carbon Dioxide INS: 290 Adjuvant, Carbonating Agent, Packing Gas Fresh pastas and noodles and like products GMP Note Infant formulae GMP Note Follow-up formulae GMP Note Complementary foods for infants and young children GMP Note 59 3 CARMINES Carmines INS: 120 Colour 02.1 Fats and oils essentially free from water 500 mg/kg Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil 500 mg/kg Dried pastas and noodles and like products 100 mg/kg Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 100 mg/kg Batters (e.g., for breading or batters for fish or poultry) 500 mg/kg Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread 500 mg/kg crumbs Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including 100 mg/kg Note mollusks, Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 100 mg/kg 3 including mollusks, Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, 150 mg/kg Beer and malt beverages 100 mg/kg Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g., beer, wine and 500 mg/kg 3 spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers)

21 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 21 CARNAUBA WAX Carnauba Wax INS: 903 Anticaking Agent, Adjuvant, Bulking Agent, Carrier Solvent, Glazing Agent, Release Agent Cocoa and chocolate products mg/kg Note Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products mg/kg Note Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, mg/kg Note etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum mg/kg Note Bakery wares mg/kg Note Food supplements 500 mg/kg Note Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and 200 mg/kg Note Ready-to-eat savouries 2000 mg/kg Note 3 3 CAROB BEAN GUM Carob Bean Gum INS: 410 Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener 01.2 Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding GMP food category (dairy-based drinks) Fresh pastas and noodles and like products GMP Formulae for special medical purposes for infants mg/kg 3 CAROTENES, VEGETABLE Carotenes, Natural Extracts, (Vegetable) INS: 160aii Colour Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., 1000 mg/kg 3 chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey based drinks) Beverage whiteners 1000 mg/kg Cream (plain) and the like 1000 mg/kg Milk and cream powder analogues 1000 mg/kg Unripened cheese 600 mg/kg Rind of ripened cheese 1000 mg/kg Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g., for cheese 1000 mg/kg sauces) Whey cheese 1000 mg/kg Note Processed cheese 1000 mg/kg Cheese analogues 1000 mg/kg Note Whey protein cheese 1000 mg/kg Dairy-based desserts (e.g., pudding, fruit or flavoured 1000 mg/kg yoghurt) Fats and oils essentially free from water 1000 mg/kg Margarine and similar products 1000 mg/kg Emulsions containing less than 80% fat 1000 mg/kg Fat emulsions maily of type oil-in-water, including mixed 1000 mg/kg and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert 1000 mg/kg products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 1000 mg/kg Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine 1000 mg/kg 3

22 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 22 CAROTENES, VEGETABLE Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit 1000 mg/kg Jams, jellies, marmelades 1000 mg/kg Candied fruit 1000 mg/kg Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water mg/kg based desserts Fermented fruit products 200 mg/kg Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots 200 mg/kg and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and 1320 mg/kg tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch 200 mg/kg vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and 1000 mg/kg 3 tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and 1000 mg/kg tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables) other than food category Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, 1000 mg/kg Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings 1000 mg/kg Cocoa and chocolate products 1000 mg/kg Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products 1000 mg/kg Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non mg/kg fruit) and sweet sauces Dried pastas and noodles and like products 1000 mg/kg Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 1000 mg/kg Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, 1000 mg/kg tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading or batters for fish or poultry) 1000 mg/kg Crackers, excluding sweet crackers 1000 mg/kg Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread 1000 mg/kg crumbs Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes 1000 mg/kg Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts 5000 mg/kg Note Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole 5000 mg/kg Note pieces or cuts Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game 5000 mg/kg Note products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) 5000 mg/kg Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 1000 mg/kg Note including mollusks, Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including 1000 mg/kg Note mollusks, Cooked fish and fish products 1000 mg/kg Cooked mollusks, 1000 mg/kg Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, 1000 mg/kg Note Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish 1000 mg/kg products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 1000 mg/kg Note and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 1000 mg/kg Note and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products 1000 mg/kg 3

23 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 23 CAROTENES, VEGETABLE Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including 1000 mg/kg Note 16 3 mollusks, (e.g., fish 10.1 paste), excluding products of food categories Fresh eggs 1000 mg/kg Notes 3 & Egg products 1000 mg/kg Other sugars and syrups (e.g., xylose, maple syrup, 50 mg/kg sugar toppings) Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g., 500 mg/kg seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards 1000 mg/kg Soups and broths 1000 mg/kg Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) 2000 mg/kg Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, 2000 mg/kg cream sauce, brown gravy) Mixes for sauces and gravies 2000 mg/kg Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich 1000 mg/kg 3 spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories and Other protein products 1000 mg/kg Formulae for special medical purposes for infants 30 mg/kg Note Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes 600 mg/kg (excluding products of food category 13.1) Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight 600 mg/kg 3 reduction 13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary 600 mg/kg use) excluding products of food categories Food supplements 600 mg/kg Vegetable juice 2000 mg/kg Concentrates for vegetable juice 2000 mg/kg Vegetable nectar 2000 mg/kg Concentrates for vegetable nectar 1000 mg/kg Beer and malt beverages 600 mg/kg Cider and perry 600 mg/kg Still grape wine 600 mg/kg Sparkling and semi-sparkling grape wines 1000 mg/kg Fortified grape wine, grape liquor wine, and sweet grape 600 mg/kg wine Wines (other than grape) 600 mg/kg Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% 600 mg/kg alcohol Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g., beer, wine and 600 mg/kg spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers) Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots 400 mg/kg and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures mg/kg (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods - foods that could not be placed in 1000 mg/kg 3 categories 01 15

24 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 24 CAROTENOIDS Beta-Carotene (Synthetic) INS: 160ai Beta-Carotene (Blakeslea trispora) INS: 160aii Beta-Apo-8'-Carotenal INS: 160e Beta-Apo-8'-Carotenoic Acid, Methyl or INS: 160f Ethyl Ester Colour Beverage whiteners 1000 mg/kg Cream (plain) and the like 1000 mg/kg Milk and cream powder analogues 1000 mg/kg Rind of ripened cheese 1000 mg/kg Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g., for cheese 1000 mg/kg sauces) Cheese analogues 1000 mg/kg Whey protein cheese 1000 mg/kg Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine 1000 mg/kg Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots 1000 mg/kg and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and 1000 mg/kg 3 tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, 1000 mg/kg Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 1000 mg/kg Crackers, excluding sweet crackers 1000 mg/kg Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, 1000 mg/kg English muffins) Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread 1000 mg/kg Note crumbs Steamed breads and buns 1000 mg/kg Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including 500 mg/kg 3 mollusks, 10.1 Fresh eggs 1000 mg/kg Notes 3 & Egg products 1000 mg/kg Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich 1000 mg/kg 3 spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories and Sparkling and semi-sparkling grape wines 1000 mg/kg Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots 400 mg/kg 3 and tubers, pulses and legumes) CARRAGEENAN Carrageenan INS: 407 Emulsifier, Filler, Stabilizer, Thickener Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, GMP Fresh pastas and noodles and like products GMP Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, GMP Follow-up formulae mg/kg Formulae for special medical purposes for infants 300 mg/kg 3

25 CL 2004/44-FAC - Annexe I 25 CHLOROPHYLLS Chlorophylls INS: 140 Colour Formulae for special medical purposes for infants 20 mg/kg Note Food supplements mg/kg 3 CHLOROPHYLLS, COPPER COMPLEXES Chlorophylls, Copper Complex INS: 141i Chlorophyllin Copper Complex, Sodium INS: 141ii and Potassium Salts Colour Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., 50 mg/kg 3 chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey based drinks) Unripened cheese 50 mg/kg Ripened cheese, includes rind 50 mg/kg Rind of ripened cheese 75 mg/kg Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g., for cheese 50 mg/kg sauces) Whey cheese 50 mg/kg Processed cheese 50 mg/kg Cheese analogues 50 mg/kg Whey protein cheese 50 mg/kg Dairy-based desserts (e.g., pudding, fruit or flavoured 500 mg/kg yoghurt) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert 500 mg/kg products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 500 mg/kg Candied fruit 250 mg/kg Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake 6.4 mg/kg Note Cocoa mixes (syrups) 6.4 mg/kg Note Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings 6.4 mg/kg Note Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non- 100 mg/kg fruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats 100 mg/kg Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, 75 mg/kg tapioca pudding) Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread 6.4 mg/kg Note crumbs Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes 75 mg/kg Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including 40 mg/kg mollusks, Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish 200 mg/kg products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 40 mg/kg and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 40 mg/kg and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products 200 mg/kg Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including 75 mg/kg 3 mollusks, (e.g., fish 10.4 paste), excluding products of food categories Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) 300 mg/kg Note Seasonings and condiments 100 mg/kg Mixes for soups and broths 100 mg/kg Sauces and like products 100 mg/kg 3