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Canthaxanthin (161g)

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GSFA Provisions for Canthaxanthin

Table Items Number Category MaxLevel Notes
Table Item 14.2.7 Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers) 5 mg/kg
Table Item 14.1.4.1 Carbonated water-based flavoured drinks 5 mg/kg
Table Item 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 15 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.5 Cheese analogues 15 mg/kg
Table Item 14.1.4.3 Concentrates (liquid or solid) for water-based flavoured drinks 5 mg/kg
127: On the served to the consumer basis.
Table Item 08.3.1.1 Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 100 mg/kg
118: Except for use in tocino (fresh, cured sausage) at 1 000 mg/kg. 16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only. 4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
Table Item 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 15 mg/kg
170: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milks (CODEX STAN 243-2003).
Table Item 14.2.6 Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol 5 mg/kg
Table Item 06.4.2 Dried pastas and noodles and like products 15 mg/kg
211: For use in noodles only.
Table Item 04.2.2.2 Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds 10 mg/kg
Table Item 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 15 mg/kg
Table Item 02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions 15 mg/kg
Table Item 02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads 15 mg/kg
214: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Dairy Fat Spreads (CODEX STAN 253-2006). 215: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Fat Spreads and Blended Spreads (CODEX STAN 256-2007).
Table Item 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 15 mg/kg
Table Item 01.1.4 Flavoured fluid milk drinks 15 mg/kg
52: Excluding chocolate milk. 170: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milks (CODEX STAN 243-2003).
Table Item 01.6.4.2 Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. 15 mg/kg
Table Item 10.1 Fresh eggs
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
Table Item 09.2.1 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 35 mg/kg
XS165: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Blocks of Fish Fillet, Minced Fish Flesh and Mixtures of Fillets and Minced Fish Flesh (CODEX STAN 165-1989). XS190: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Fillets (CODEX STAN 190-1995). 95: For non-standardized foods: for use in surimi and fish roe products only. XS191: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Raw Squid (CODEX STAN 191-1995). XS292: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Live and Raw Bivalve Molluscs (CODEX STAN 292-2008). XS312: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Live Abalone and for Raw Fresh Chilled or Frozen Abalone for Direct Consumption or for Further Processing (CODEX STAN 312-2013). XS315: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Fresh and Quick Frozen Raw Scallop Products (CODEX STAN 315-2014). XS36: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Finfish, Uneviscerated and Eviscerated (CODEX STAN 36-1981). XS95: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Lobsters (CODEX STAN 95-1981). XS92: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Shrimps and Prawns (CODEX STAN 92-1981).
Table Item 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 15 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 15 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.6 Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 15 mg/kg
Table Item 09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 15 mg/kg
XS119: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Finfish (CODEX STAN 119-1981). XS37: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Shrimps or Prawns (CODEX STAN 37-1991). XS3: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Salmon (CODEX STAN 3-1981). XS70: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Tuna and Bonito (70-1981). XS90: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Crab Meat (CODEX STAN 90-1981). XS94: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Sardines and Sardine-Type Products (CODEX STAN 94-1981).
Table Item 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmelades 200 mg/kg
5: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Jams, Jellies and Marmalades (CODEX STAN 296-2009).
Table Item 12.5.2 Mixes for soups and broths 30 mg/kg
XS117: Excluding products conforming to the Codex Standard for Bouillons and Consommés (CODEX STAN 117-1981).
Table Item 14.1.4.2 Non-carbonated water-based flavoured drinks, including punches and ades 5 mg/kg
Table Item 11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) 15 mg/kg
Table Item 06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 15 mg/kg
XS249: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Instant Noodles (CXS 249-2006). 153: For use in instant noodles only.
Table Item 01.6.2 Ripened cheese 15 mg/kg
201: For use in flavoured products only. XS263: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cheddar (CXS 263-1966). XS264: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Danbo (CXS 264-1966). XS266: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Gouda (CXS 266-1966). XS265: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Edam (CXS 265-1966). XS268: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Samsø (CXS 268-1966). XS267: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Havarti (CXS 267-1966). XS269: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Emmental (CXS 269-1967). XS271: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Saint-Paulin (CXS 271-1968). XS270: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Tilsiter (CXS 270-1968). XS272: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Provolone (CXS 272-1968). XS274: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Coulommiers (CXS 274-1969). XS277: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Brie (CXS 277-1973). XS276: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Camembert (CXS 276-1973).
Table Item 09.3.3 Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products 15 mg/kg
XS291: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Sturgeon Caviar (CODEX STAN 291-2010).
Table Item 12.6 Sauces and like products 30 mg/kg
XS302: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Fish Sauce (CODEX STAN 302-2011).
Table Item 12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments 20 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 15 mg/kg
22: For use in smoked fish paste only. XS167: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Salted Fish and Dried Salted Fish of the Gadidae Family of Fishes (CODEX STAN 167-1989). XS222: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Crackers from Marine and Freshwater Fish, Crustaceans and Molluscan Shellfish (CODEX STAN 222-2001). XS189: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Dried Shark Fins (CODEX STAN 189-1993). XS236: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Boiled Dried Salted Anchovies (CODEX STAN 236-2003). XS311: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Smoked Fish, Smoked-flavoured Fish and Smoke-dried Fish (CODEX STAN 311-2013). XS244: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Salted Atlantic Herring and Salted Sprat (CODEX STAN 244-2004).
Table Item 15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) 45 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.1 Unripened cheese 15 mg/kg
201: For use in flavoured products only.
Note: Unless otherwise specified, food additive provisions apply to the food category indicated (e.g. Dairy), as well as to all subcategories of that category (e.g. Cheese, Ripened Cheese, etc.).