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Caramel III - ammonia caramel (150c)

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GSFA Provisions for Caramel III - ammonia caramel

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) 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or poultry) 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.3.2 Beverage whiteners 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.4 Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs 50000 mg/kg
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.
Table Item 06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats 50000 mg/kg
189: Excluding rolled oats.
Table Item 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit 200 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit 200 mg/kg
267: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Certain Canned Fruits (CODEX STAN 319-2015) except for use in special holiday packs for canned pears conforming to the standard.
Table Item 04.2.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds 50000 mg/kg
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.
Table Item 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.5 Cheese analogues 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 05.3 Chewing gum 20000 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.2 Cider and perry 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 05.1.4 Cocoa and chocolate products 50000 mg/kg
183: For use in surface decoration only.
Table Item 05.1.2 Cocoa mixes (syrups) 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 05.1.3 Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings 50000 mg/kg
XS86: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cocoa Butter (CODEX STAN 86-1981).
Table Item 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa 10000 mg/kg
7: For use in coffee substitutes only. 160: For use in ready-to-drink products and pre-mixes for ready-to-drink products only.
Table Item 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 50000 mg/kg
XS309R: Excluding products conforming to the Codex Regional Standard for Halawa Tehenia (CODEX STAN 309R-211).
Table Item 04.2.2.8 Cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds 50000 mg/kg
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.
Table Item 07.1.2 Crackers, excluding sweet crackers 50000 mg/kg
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.
Table Item 01.4.4 Cream analogues 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 2000 mg/kg
Table Item 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6 20000 mg/kg
Table Item 13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1) 20000 mg/kg
Table Item 13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction 20000 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.6 Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol 50000 mg/kg
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 50000 mg/kg
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble. 76: For use in potatoes only.
Table Item 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 20000 mg/kg
Table Item 02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions 20000 mg/kg
Table Item 02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads 500 mg/kg
Table Item 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 20000 mg/kg
Table Item 12.9.2.1 Fermented soybean sauce 20000 mg/kg
207: Except for use in soybean sauce intended for further processing at 50 000 mg/kg.
Table Item 04.2.2.7 Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3 50000 mg/kg
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.
Table Item 07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes 50000 mg/kg
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.
Table Item 01.1.4 Flavoured fluid milk drinks 2000 mg/kg
52: Excluding chocolate milk.
Table Item 01.6.4.2 Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 13.6 Food supplements 20000 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.3.3 Fortified grape wine, grape liquor wine, and sweet grape wine 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 10.1 Fresh eggs 20000 mg/kg
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
Table Item 09.1 Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 30000 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. 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).
Table Item 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 7500 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.3 Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine 200 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk 7500 mg/kg
182: Excluding coconut milk.
Table Item 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 200 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.6 Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 500 mg/kg
Table Item 09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 500 mg/kg
50: For use in fish roe only. XS119: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Finfish (CODEX STAN 119-1981). XS3: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Salmon (CODEX STAN 3-1981). XS37: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Shrimps or Prawns (CODEX STAN 37-1991). 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 05.1.5 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmelades 200 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.5 Mead 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 08.0 Meat and meat products, including poultry and game
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only. 3: For use in surface treatment only. 4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only. XS88: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Corned Beef (CODEX STAN 88-1981). XS89: Excluding products conforming to Standard for Luncheon Meat (CODEX STAN 89-1981). XS96: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cooked Cured Ham (CODEX STAN 96-1981). XS97: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cooked Cured Pork Shoulder (CODEX STAN 97-1981). XS98: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cooked Cured Chopped Meat (CODEX STAN 98-1981).
Table Item 01.5.2 Milk and cream powder analogues 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.6 Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares 50000 mg/kg
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.
Table Item 12.4 Mustards 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 12.9.2.2 Non-fermented soybean sauce 1500 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.3 Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, English muffins) 50000 mg/kg
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.
Table Item 06.8.8 Other soybean protein products 20000 mg/kg
XS175: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Soy Protein Products (CXS 175-1989).
Table Item 12.9.2.3 Other soybean sauces 20000 mg/kg
Table Item 11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) 50000 mg/kg
100: For use in crystalline products and sugar toppings only.
Table Item 06.7 Pre-cooked or processed rice products, including rice cakes (Oriental type only) 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 50000 mg/kg
153: For use in instant noodles only. 173: Excluding instant noodles containing vegetables and eggs.
Table Item 10.3 Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned eggs 20000 mg/kg
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
Table Item 09.2 Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 30000 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). XS166: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Sticks (Fish Fingers), Fish Portions and Fish Fillets – Breaded or in Batter (CODEX STAN 166-1989). XS167: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Salted Fish and Dried Salted Fish of the Gadidae Family of Fishes (CODEX STAN 167-1989). XS190: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Fillets (CODEX STAN 190-1995). XS191: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Raw Squid (CODEX STAN 191-1995). XS189: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Dried Shark Fins (CODEX STAN 189-1993). XS222: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Crackers from Marine and Freshwater Fish, Crustaceans and Molluscan Shellfish (CODEX STAN 222-2001). XS244: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Salted Atlantic Herring and Salted Sprat (CODEX STAN 244-2004). XS292: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Live and Raw Bivalve Molluscs (CODEX STAN 292-2008). XS236: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Boiled Dried Salted Anchovies (CODEX STAN 236-2003). 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). XS311: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Smoked Fish, Smoked-flavoured Fish and Smoke-dried Fish (CODEX STAN 311-2013). 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). XS92: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Shrimps and Prawns (CODEX STAN 92-1981). XS95: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Lobsters (CODEX STAN 95-1981).
Table Item 15.0 Ready-to-eat savouries 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.2.2 Rind of ripened cheese 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 12.7 Salads (e.g. macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.3 50000 mg/kg
89: For use in sandwich spreads only.
Table Item 12.6 Sauces and like products 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 09.3 Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 30000 mg/kg
95: For non-standardized foods: for use in surimi and fish roe products only. XS291: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Sturgeon Caviar (CODEX STAN 291-2010).
Table Item 12.5 Soups and broths 25000 mg/kg
Table Item 06.8.1 Soybean-based beverages 1500 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.5 Steamed breads and buns 50000 mg/kg
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.
Table Item 01.6.1 Unripened cheese 15000 mg/kg
201: For use in flavoured products only.
Table Item 04.2.2.6 Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and 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 04.2.2.5 50000 mg/kg
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.
Table Item 04.2.2.5 Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 04.2.2.3 Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce 500 mg/kg
Table Item 12.3 Vinegars 1000 mg/kg
78: Except for use in pickling and balsamic vinegars at 50 000 mg/kg.
Table Item 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks 5000 mg/kg
9: Except for use in ready-to-drink coffee products at 10 000 mg/kg.
Table Item 14.2.4 Wines (other than grape) 1000 mg/kg
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.).