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Ponceau 4R (Cochineal red A) (124)

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GSFA Provisions for Ponceau 4R (Cochineal red A)

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) 200 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit 200 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 04.1.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit 300 mg/kg
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble. 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 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 50 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.5 Cheese analogues 100 mg/kg
3: For use in surface treatment only.
Table Item 05.3 Chewing gum 300 mg/kg
Table Item 05.1.4 Cocoa and chocolate products 300 mg/kg
183: For use in surface decoration only.
Table Item 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 300 mg/kg
XS309R: Excluding products conforming to the Codex Regional Standard for Halawa Tehenia (CODEX STAN 309R-211). 161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.
Table Item 09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products 500 mg/kg
95: For non-standardized foods: for use in surimi and fish roe products only.
Table Item 09.2.4.2 Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 250 mg/kg
Table Item 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 150 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 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 50 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 13.6 300 mg/kg
Table Item 13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1) 50 mg/kg
Table Item 13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction 50 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.6 Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol 200 mg/kg
Table Item 08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings) 500 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 50 mg/kg
Table Item 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 50 mg/kg
Table Item 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 50 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 12.9.2.3 500 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 50 mg/kg
Table Item 01.1.4 Flavoured fluid milk drinks 150 mg/kg
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble. 52: Excluding chocolate milk.
Table Item 01.6.4.2 Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. 100 mg/kg
Table Item 13.6 Food supplements 300 mg/kg
Table Item 10.1 Fresh eggs 500 mg/kg
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
Table Item 09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 500 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only. 95: For non-standardized foods: for use in surimi and fish roe products only. 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).
Table Item 09.2.1 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 30 mg/kg
395: For use in heat-treated products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Shrimps and Prawns (CODEX STAN 92-1981). XS191: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Raw Squid (CODEX STAN 191-1995). 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). XS292: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Live and Raw Bivalve Molluscs (CODEX STAN 292-2008). XS190: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Fillets (CODEX STAN 190-1995). XS315: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Fresh and Quick Frozen Raw Scallop Products (CODEX STAN 315-2014). 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). 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).
Table Item 09.2.3 Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 500 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only. 95: For non-standardized foods: for use in surimi and fish roe products only.
Table Item 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 50 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 04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk 50 mg/kg
182: Excluding coconut milk. 161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.
Table Item 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 50 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 04.1.2.6 Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 500 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 09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 500 mg/kg
435: For use of tartrazine (INS 102), sunset yellow FCF (INS 110), amaranth (INS 123) and ponceau 4R (cochineal red A) (INS 124) singly or in combination up to a maximum level of 30 mg/kg in the final product as colours only for the purpose of restoring colour lost in processing for products conforming to the Standard for Canned Shrimps or Prawns (CODEX STAN 37-1991). 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). 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 50 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmelades 100 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 300 mg/kg
Table Item 11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) 300 mg/kg
159: For use in pancake syrup and maple syrup only.
Table Item 15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit) 100 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.2.2 Rind of ripened cheese 100 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 05.1.3 200 mg/kg
Table Item 09.3.3 Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products 500 mg/kg
XS291: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Sturgeon Caviar (CODEX STAN 291-2010).
Table Item 12.6 Sauces and like products 50 mg/kg
XS302: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Fish Sauce (CODEX STAN 302-2011).
Table Item 12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments 500 mg/kg
Table Item 09.3.4 Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g. fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 100 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 100 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). 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). 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). XS311: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Smoked Fish, Smoked-flavoured Fish and Smoke-dried Fish (CODEX STAN 311-2013).
Table Item 15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) 200 mg/kg
Table Item 12.5 Soups and broths 50 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.1 Unripened cheese 100 mg/kg
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble. 3: For use in surface treatment only.
Table Item 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks 50 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.).