BENZOATES

210

Benzoic acid

213

Calcium benzoate

212

Potassium benzoate

211

Sodium benzoate

14.2.7.0

Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers)

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

07.0.0.0

Bakery wares

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

04.1.2.7

Candied fruit

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

06.5.0.0

Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding)

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

05.3.0.0

Chewing gum

1500 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

14.2.2.0

Cider and perry

1000 mg/kg

124: For use in products containing less than 7% ethanol only.

13: As benzoic acid.

05.1.3.0

Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings

1500 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

XS86: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cocoa Butter (CODEX STAN 86-1981).

14.1.5.0

Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

14.1.2.3

Concentrates for fruit juice

1000 mg/kg

122: Subject to national legislation of the importing country.

127: On the served to the consumer basis.

13: As benzoic acid.

91: Singly or in combination: Benzoates and sorbates.

14.1.3.3

Concentrates for fruit nectar

1000 mg/kg

122: Subject to national legislation of the importing country.

127: On the served to the consumer basis.

13: As benzoic acid.

91: Singly or in combination: Benzoates and sorbates.

14.1.3.4

Concentrates for vegetable nectar

600 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

05.2.0.0

Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4

1500 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

XS309R: Excluding products conforming to the Codex Regional Standard for Halawa Tehenia (CODEX STAN 309R-211).

04.1.2.12

Cooked fruit

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

09.2.4.2

Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

2000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

82: Except for use in shrimp (Crangon crangon and Crangon vulgaris) at 6 000 mg/kg.

04.2.2.8

Cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

08.3.1.2

Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

3: For use in surface treatment only.

08.2.1.2

Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

3: For use in surface treatment only.

01.7.0.0

Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)

300 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

05.4.0.0

Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces

1500 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

13.5.0.0

Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6

2000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

13.3.0.0

Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1)

1500 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

13.4.0.0

Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction

1500 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

04.1.2.2

Dried fruit

800 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

04.2.2.2

Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

10.4.0.0

Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

02.3.0.0

Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

02.2.2.0

Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

529: For use in products conforming to the Standard for Fat Spreads and Blended Spreads (CXS 256-2007); if benzoates and sorbates are used in combination, the combined use shall not exceed 2000 mg/kg of which the benzoic acid portion shall not exceed 1000 mg/kg.

02.4.0.0

Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

04.1.2.10

Fermented fruit products

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

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

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

13.6.0.0

Food supplements

2000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

04.1.2.11

Fruit fillings for pastries

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

04.1.2.3

Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

14.1.2.1

Fruit juice

1000 mg/kg

122: Subject to national legislation of the importing country.

13: As benzoic acid.

91: Singly or in combination: Benzoates and sorbates.

14.1.3.1

Fruit nectar

1000 mg/kg

122: Subject to national legislation of the importing country.

13: As benzoic acid.

91: Singly or in combination: Benzoates and sorbates.

04.1.2.8

Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

04.1.2.9

Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

04.1.2.6

Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

05.1.5.0

Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products

1500 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies, marmelades

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

10.2.1.0

Liquid egg products

5000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

14.2.5.0

Mead

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

12.4.0.0

Mustards

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

11.4.0.0

Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

06.4.3.0

Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

XS249: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Instant Noodles (CXS 249-2006).

12.7.0.0

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

1500 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

12.6.0.0

Sauces and like products

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

12.2.2.0

Seasonings and condiments

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

09.3.0.0

Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

2000 mg/kg

120: Except for use in caviar substitutes at 2 500 mg/kg.

13: As benzoic acid.

XS291: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Sturgeon Caviar (CODEX STAN 291-2010).

09.2.5.0

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

200 mg/kg

121: Except for use in fermented fish products at 1 000 mg/kg.

13: As benzoic acid.

333: In foods conforming to the Standard for Smoked Fish, Smoke-Flavoured Fish and SmokeDried Fish (CODEX STAN 311-2013), for use in reduced oxygen packaged products in smoked fish and smoke-flavoured fish products 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).

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).

15.1.0.0

Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

12.5.0.0

Soups and broths

500 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

338: For use in products conforming to the Codex Standard for Bouillons and Consommés (CODEX STAN 117-1981) singly or in combination: sorbic acid (INS 200), potassium sorbate (INS 202), calcium sorbate (INS 203), benzoic acid (INS 210), sodium benzoate (INS 211), potassium benzoate (INS 212), and calcium benzoate (INS 213) at 500 mg/kg as sorbic acid (INS 200-203) or as benzoic acid (INS 210-213).

339: Excluding use for canned bouillons and consommés.

11.6.0.0

Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners

2000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

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

3000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

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)

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

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

2000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

12.3.0.0

Vinegars

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

14.1.4.0

Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks

250 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

301: Interim maximum level until CCFA53.

14.2.4.0

Wines (other than grape)

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.