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IRON OXIDES

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Participating Additive(s)

Number Name
172(i) Iron oxide, black
172(ii) Iron oxide, red
172(iii) Iron oxide, yellow

GSFA Provisions for IRON OXIDES

Table Items Number Category MaxLevel Notes
Table Item 06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats 75 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit 250 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit 300 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 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 75 mg/kg
Table Item 05.3 Chewing gum 10000 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 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 200 mg/kg
XS309R: Excluding products conforming to the Codex Regional Standard for Halawa Tehenia (CODEX STAN 309R-211).
Table Item 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 100 mg/kg
Table Item 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 100 mg/kg
Table Item 08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings) 1000 mg/kg
72: On the ready-to-eat basis.
Table Item 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 300 mg/kg
Table Item 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 150 mg/kg
Table Item 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 350 mg/kg
Table Item 07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes 100 mg/kg
Table Item 01.1.4 Flavoured fluid milk drinks 20 mg/kg
402: For use in products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milk (CODEX STAN 243- 2003) at 100 mg/kg. 52: Excluding chocolate milk.
Table Item 13.6 Food supplements 7500 mg/kg
3: For use in surface treatment only.
Table Item 10.1 Fresh eggs
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
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 50 mg/kg
95: For non-standardized foods: for use in surimi and fish roe products only. XS37: Excluding 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). XS94: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Sardines and Sardine-Type Products (CODEX STAN 94-1981). XS90: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Crab Meat (CODEX STAN 90-1981).
Table Item 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmelades 200 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.4 Processed cheese 50 mg/kg
Table Item 15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit) 400 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.2.2 Rind of ripened cheese 100 mg/kg
Table Item 09.3.3 Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products 100 mg/kg
XS291: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Sturgeon Caviar (CODEX STAN 291-2010).
Table Item 12.6 Sauces and like products 75 mg/kg
XS302: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Fish Sauce (CODEX STAN 302-2011).
Table Item 12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments 1000 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 50 mg/kg
95: For non-standardized foods: for use in surimi and fish roe products only.
Table Item 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 250 mg/kg
22: For use in smoked fish paste only. 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). XS236: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Boiled Dried Salted Anchovies (CODEX STAN 236-2003). XS167: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Salted Fish and Dried Salted Fish of the Gadidae Family of Fishes (CODEX STAN 167-1989). 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) 500 mg/kg
Table Item 12.5 Soups and broths 100 mg/kg
XS117: Excluding products conforming to the Codex Standard for Bouillons and Consommés (CODEX STAN 117-1981).
Table Item 04.1.1.2 Surface-treated fresh fruit 1000 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 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks 100 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.).