GSFA Provisions for Annatto extracts, bixin-based

Table Items Number Category MaxLevel Notes
Table Item 02.2.1 Butter 20 mg/kg
8: As bixin.
Table Item 05.3 Chewing gum 300 mg/kg
8: As bixin.
Table Item 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 200 mg/kg
8: As bixin.
Table Item 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 80 mg/kg
8: As bixin.
Table Item 01.1.4 Flavoured fluid milk drinks 20 mg/kg
52: Excluding chocolate milk. 8: As bixin.
Table Item 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 10 mg/kg
8: As bixin. 382: For use only in smoked fish and smoke-flavoured fish products conforming to the Standard for Smoked Fish, Smoked-flavoured fish, and Smoke-dried fish (CODEX STAN 311-2013). 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). XS244: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Salted Atlantic Herring and Salted Sprat (CODEX STAN 244-2004).
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.).