beta-Carotenes, vegetable (160a(ii))

14.2.7.0

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

600 mg/kg

-

06.6.0.0

Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or poultry)

1000 mg/kg

-

14.2.1.0

Beer and malt beverages

600 mg/kg

-

01.3.2.0

Beverage whiteners

1000 mg/kg

XS250: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for a Blend of Evaporated Skimmed Milk and Vegetable Fat (CODEX STAN 250-2006).

XS252: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for a Blend of Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk and Vegetable Fat (CODEX STAN 252-2006).

07.1.4.0

Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs

1000 mg/kg

-

06.3.0.0

Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats

400 mg/kg

-

02.2.1.0

Butter

600 mg/kg

-

04.1.2.7

Candied fruit

1000 mg/kg

-

04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

1000 mg/kg

104: Excluding canned pears (except for use in special holiday packs) and canned pineapples conforming to the Standard for Certain Canned Fruits (CODEX STAN 319-2015).

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

200 mg/kg

-

06.5.0.0

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

1000 mg/kg

-

01.6.5.0

Cheese analogues

1000 mg/kg

3: For use in surface treatment only.

01.6.2.3

Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g. for cheese sauces)

1000 mg/kg

-

05.3.0.0

Chewing gum

500 mg/kg

-

14.2.2.0

Cider and perry

600 mg/kg

-

05.1.4.0

Cocoa and chocolate products

100 mg/kg

183: For use in surface decoration only.

05.1.3.0

Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings

100 mg/kg

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

05.2.0.0

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

500 mg/kg

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

09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

1000 mg/kg

95: For non-standardized foods: for use in surimi and fish roe products only.

09.2.4.2

Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

1000 mg/kg

-

07.1.2.0

Crackers, excluding sweet crackers

1000 mg/kg

-

01.4.4.0

Cream analogues

20 mg/kg

-

01.7.0.0

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

1000 mg/kg

-

05.4.0.0

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

20000 mg/kg

-

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

600 mg/kg

-

13.3.0.0

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

600 mg/kg

-

13.4.0.0

Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction

600 mg/kg

-

14.2.6.0

Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol

600 mg/kg

-

06.4.2.0

Dried pastas and noodles and like products

1000 mg/kg

211: For use in noodles only.

04.2.2.2

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

200 mg/kg

-

08.4.0.0

Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)

5000 mg/kg

-

03.0.0.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

1000 mg/kg

-

10.2.0.0

Egg products

1000 mg/kg

-

10.4.0.0

Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)

150 mg/kg

-

12.6.1.0

Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)

2000 mg/kg

-

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

-

02.2.2.0

Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads

1000 mg/kg

-

02.4.0.0

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

1000 mg/kg

-

04.1.2.10

Fermented fruit products

200 mg/kg

-

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

-

07.2.0.0

Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes

1000 mg/kg

-

09.3.1.0

Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly

1000 mg/kg

16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.

09.3.2.0

Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine

1000 mg/kg

16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.

01.1.4.0

Flavoured fluid milk drinks

1000 mg/kg

401: For use in products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milk (CODEX STAN 243- 2003) at 600 mg/kg.

52: Excluding chocolate milk.

13.6.0.0

Food supplements

600 mg/kg

-

10.1.0.0

Fresh eggs

1000 mg/kg

4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.

09.1.1.0

Fresh fish

100 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.

50: For use in fish roe only.

08.1.2.0

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted

20 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.

09.2.4.3

Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

1000 mg/kg

16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.

09.2.2.0

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

100 mg/kg

304: For use only in breaded or batter coatings in 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), singly or in combination: carotenoids (beta-carotenes, synthetic (INS 160a(i)), beta-carotenes, Blakeslea trispora (INS 160a(iii)), carotenal, beta-apo-8’ (INS 160e), carotenoic acid, ethyl ester, betaapo-8’- (INS 160f)) and beta-carotenes, vegetable (INS 160a(ii)).

09.2.3.0

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

1000 mg/kg

16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.

08.3.3.0

Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

5000 mg/kg

16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.

04.1.2.11

Fruit fillings for pastries

100 mg/kg

-

04.1.2.3

Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine

1000 mg/kg

-

04.1.2.8

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

100 mg/kg

182: Excluding coconut milk.

04.1.2.9

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

1000 mg/kg

-

04.1.2.6

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

500 mg/kg

-

09.4.0.0

Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500 mg/kg

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).

08.3.2.0

Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

20 mg/kg

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).

XS98: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cooked Cured Chopped Meat (CODEX STAN 98-1981).

05.1.5.0

Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products

100 mg/kg

-

04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies, marmelades

1000 mg/kg

-

02.1.3.0

Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats

1000 mg/kg

518: Except for use in products conforming to the Standard for Edible fats and oils not covered by individual standards (CXS 19-1981) and the Standard for Named Animal Fats (CXS 211-1999) at 25 mg/kg for the purposes of restoring natural colour lost in processing, or standardizing colour only.

XS329: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Fish Oils (CXS 329-2017).

01.5.2.0

Milk and cream powder analogues

1000 mg/kg

XS251: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for a Blend of Skimmed Milk and Vegetable Fat in Powdered Form (CODEX STAN 251-2006).

12.6.3.0

Mixes for sauces and gravies

2000 mg/kg

-

12.4.0.0

Mustards

1000 mg/kg

-

12.6.2.0

Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)

2000 mg/kg

-

08.3.1.0

Non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

20 mg/kg

118: Except for use in tocino (fresh, cured sausage) at 1 000 mg/kg.

11.4.0.0

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

50 mg/kg

-

06.4.3.0

Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products

1000 mg/kg

153: For use in instant noodles only.

01.6.4.0

Processed cheese

1000 mg/kg

-

08.2.0.0

Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

5000 mg/kg

16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.

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).

15.2.0.0

Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit)

20000 mg/kg

3: For use in surface treatment only.

01.6.2.2

Rind of ripened cheese

1000 mg/kg

-

01.6.2.1

Ripened cheese, includes rind

600 mg/kg

463: For use in cheese mass only for products conforming to the Standards for Cheddar (CXS 263-1966), Danbo (CXS 264-1966) Edam (CXS 265-1966), Gouda (CXS 266-1966), Havarti (CXS 267-1966), Samsø (CXS 268-1966), Emmental (CXS 269-1967), Tilsiter (CXS 270-1968), Saint-Paulin (CXS 271-1968), Provolone (CXS 272-1968), Coulommiers (CXS 274-1969), Camembert (CXS 276-1973) and Brie (CXS 277-1973).

XS208: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cheese in Brine (CODEX STAN 208-1999).

XS278: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Extra Hard Grating Cheese (CXS 278-1978).

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

1000 mg/kg

-

09.3.3.0

Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products

1000 mg/kg

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

12.2.2.0

Seasonings and condiments

500 mg/kg

-

09.3.4.0

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

1000 mg/kg

16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.

09.2.5.0

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

1000 mg/kg

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).

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).

15.3.0.0

Snacks - fish based

100 mg/kg

-

15.1.0.0

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

100 mg/kg

-

12.5.0.0

Soups and broths

1000 mg/kg

341: For use in products conforming to the Codex Standard for Bouillons and Consommés (CODEX STAN 117-1981) singly or in combination: carotenes, beta-, vegetable (INS 160a(ii)), carotenal, beta-apo-8’- (INS 160e) and carotenoic acid, ethyl ester, beta-apo-8'- (INS 160f) at 50 mg/kg.

01.6.1.0

Unripened cheese

600 mg/kg

-

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

1000 mg/kg

92: Excluding tomato-based sauces.

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

-

02.1.2.0

Vegetable oils and fats

1000 mg/kg

509: Excluding virgin and cold pressed oils in products conforming to the Standard for Edible Fats and Oils not Covered by Individual Standards (CXS 19-1981).

517: Except for use in products conforming to the Standard for Edible fats and oils not covered by individual standards (CXS 19-1981) at 25 mg/kg for the purposes of restoring natural colour lost in processing, or standardizing colour only.

XS210: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Named Vegetable Oils (CXS 210-1999).

XS33: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Olive Oils and Olive Pomace Oils (CODEX STAN 33-1981).

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

1320 mg/kg

-

14.1.4.0

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

2000 mg/kg

-

14.2.4.0

Wines (other than grape)

600 mg/kg

-