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Regulations 2(1) and 3(5)
EC No. | Name | Abbreviation |
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Notes 1. The levels of all substances mentioned above are expressed as the free acid. 2. The abbreviations used in the table mean the following:
3. The maximum levels of use indicated refer to foods ready for consumption prepared following manufacturers' instructions. | ||
(1) Benzoic acid may be present in certain fermented products resulting from the fermentation process following good manufacturing practice. | ||
E 200 E 202 E 203 | Sorbic acid Potassium sorbate Calcium sorbate | } Sa |
E 210 E 211 E 212 E 213 | Benzoic acid Sodium benzoate Potassium benzoate Calcium benzoate | } Ba(1) |
E 214 E 215 E 216 E 217 E 218 E 219 | ||
Ethyl p-hydroxybenzoate Sodium ethyl p-hydroxybenzoate Propyl p-hydroxybenzoate Sodium propyl p-hydroxybenzoate Methyl p-hydroxybenzoate Sodium methyl p-hydroxybenzoate | } PHB |
Food | Maximum level (mg/kg or mg/l as appropriate) | |||||
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Sa | Ba | PHB | Sa + Ba | Sa + PHB | Sa + Ba + PHB | |
Wine-based flavoured drinks including products covered by Regulation (EEC) No. 1601/91(1) | 200 | |||||
Non-alcoholic flavoured drinks (excluding dairy-based drinks) | 300 | 150 | 250 Sa+ 150 Ba | |||
Liquid tea concentrates and liquid fruit and herbal infusion concentrates | 600 | |||||
Grape juice, unfermented, for sacramental use | 2000 | |||||
Wines as referred to in Regulation (EEC) No. 822/87(2); alcohol-free wine; fruit wine (including alcohol-free);made wine; cider and perry (including alcohol-free) | 200 | |||||
Sød… Saft or Sødet… Saft | 500 | 200 | ||||
Alcohol-free beer in keg | 200 | |||||
Mead | 200 | |||||
Spirits with less than 15% alcohol by volume | 200 | 200 | 400 | |||
Fillings of ravioli and similar products | 1000 | |||||
Low-sugar jams, jellies, marmalades and similar low calorie or sugar-free products and other fruit-based spreads;Mermeladas | 500 | 1000 | ||||
Candied, crystallised and glacé fruit and vegetables | 1000 | |||||
Dried fruit | 1000 | |||||
FrugtgrødandRote Grütze | 1000 | 500 | ||||
Fruit and vegetable preparations including fruit-based sauces, excluding purée, mousse, compote, salads and similar products, canned or bottled | 1000 | |||||
Vegetables in vinegar, brine or oil (excluding olives) | 2000 | |||||
Potato dough and pre-fried potato slices | 2000 | |||||
Gnocchi | 1000 | |||||
Polenta | 200 | |||||
Olives and olive-based preparations | 1000 | |||||
Jelly coatings of meat products (cooked, cured or dried); Paté | 1000 | |||||
Surface treatment of dried meat products | quantum satis | |||||
Semi-preserved fish products including fish roe products | 2000 | |||||
Salted, dried fish | 200 | |||||
Shrimps, cooked | 2000 | |||||
Crangon crangonandCrangon vulgaris,cooked | 6000 | |||||
Cheese, pre-packed, sliced | 1000 | |||||
Unripened cheese | 1000 | |||||
Processed cheese | 2000 | |||||
Layered cheese and cheese with added foods | 1000 | |||||
Non-heat-treated dairy-based desserts | 300 | |||||
Curdled milk | 1000 | |||||
Liquid egg (white, yolk or whole egg) | 5000 | |||||
Dehydrated, concentrated, frozen and deep-frozen egg products | 1000 | |||||
Pre-packed sliced bread and rye-bread | 2000 | |||||
Partially baked, pre-packed bakery wares intended for retail sale | 2000 | |||||
Fine bakery wares with a water activity of more than 0.65 | 2000 | |||||
Cerealor potato-based snacks and coated nuts | 1000 (max. 300 PHB) | |||||
Batters | 2000 | |||||
Confectionery (excluding chocolate) | 1500 (max. 300 PHB) | |||||
Chewing gum | 1500 | |||||
Toppings (syrups for pancakes, flavoured syrups for milkshakes and ice cream; similar products) | 1000 | |||||
Fat emulsions (excluding butter) with a fat content of 60% or more | 1000 | |||||
Fat emulsions with a fat content less than 60% | 2000 | |||||
Emulsified sauces with a fat content of 60% or more | 1000 | |||||
Emulsified sauces with a fat content less than 60% | 2000 | |||||
Non-emulsified sauces | 1000 | |||||
Prepared salads | 1500 | |||||
Mustard | 1000 | |||||
Seasonings and condiments | 1000 | |||||
Liquid soups and broths (excluding canned) | 500 | |||||
Aspic | 1000 | 500 | ||||
Liquid dietary food supplements | 2000 | |||||
Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes excluding foods for infants and young children as referred to in Directive 89/398/EEC dietetic formulae for weight control intended to replace total daily food intake or an individual meal | 1500 |
EC No. | Name |
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Notes (1) Maximum levels are expressed as SO2 in mg/kg or mg/l as appropriate and relate to the total quantity, available from all sources. (2) An SO2 content of not more than 10 mg/kg or 10 mg/l is not considered to be present. | |
E 220 | Sulphur dioxide |
E 221 | Sodium sulphite |
E 222 | Sodium hydrogen sulphite |
E 223 | Sodium metabisulphite |
E 224 | Potassium metabisulphite |
E 226 | Calcium sulphite |
E 227 | Calcium hydrogen sulphite |
E 228 | Potassium hydrogen sulphite |
Food | Maximum level (mg/kg or mg/l as appropriate) Expressed as SO2 |
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Burger meatwith a minimum vegetable and/or cereal content of 4% | 450 |
Breakfast sausages | 450 |
Longaniza frescaandButifarra fresca | 450 |
Dried salted fish of the `Gadidae' species | 200 |
Crustaceans and cephalopods – fresh, frozen and deep-frozen crustaceans, | 150(3) |
penaeidae solenceridae, aristeidaefamily: | |
up to 80 units | 150(3) |
between 80 and 120 units | 200(3) |
over 120 units | 300(3) |
cooked | 50(3) |
Dry biscuit | 50 |
Starches (excluding starches for weaning foods, follow-on formulae and infant formulae) | 50 |
Sago | 30 |
Pearl barley | 30 |
Dehydrated granulated potatoes | 400 |
Cereal-and potato-based snacks | 50 |
Peeled potatoes | 50 |
Processed potatoes (including frozen and deep-frozen potatoes) | 100 |
Potato dough | 100 |
White vegetables, dried | 400 |
White vegetables, processed (including frozen and deep-frozen white vegetables) | 50 |
Dried ginger | 150 |
Dried tomatoes | 200 |
Horseradish pulp | 800 |
Onion, garlic and shallot pulp | 300 |
Vegetables and fruits in vinegar, oil or brine (except olives and golden peppers in brine) | 100 |
Golden peppers in brine | 500 |
Processed mushrooms (including frozen mushrooms) | 50 |
Dried mushrooms | 100 |
Dried fruits | |
apricots, peaches, grapes, prunes and figs | 2000 |
bananas | 1000 |
apples and pears | 600 |
other (including nuts in shell) | 500 |
Dried coconut | 50 |
Candied, crystallised or glacé fruit, vegetables, angelica and citrus peel | 100 |
Jam, jelly and marmalade as defined in Directive 79/693/EEC(4) (except extra jam and extra jelly) and other similar fruit spreads including low-calorie products | 50 |
Jams, jelliesandmarmaladesmade with sulphited fruit | 100 |
Fruit-based pie fillings | 100 |
Citrus-juice-based seasonings | 200 |
Concentrated grape juice for home wine-making | 2000 |
Mostarda di frutta | 100 |
Jellying fruit extract, liquid pectin for sale to the final consumer | 800 |
Bottled whiteheart cherries, rehydrated dried fruit and lychees | 100 |
Bottled, sliced lemon | 250 |
Sugars as defined in Directive 73/437/EEC(5) except glucose syrup, whether or not dehydrated | 15 |
Glucose syrup, whether or not dehydrated | 20 |
Treacle and molasses | 70 |
Other sugars | 40 |
Toppings (syrups for pancakes, flavoured syrups for milkshakes and ice cream; similar products) | 40 |
Orange, grapefruit, apple and pineapple juice for bulk dispensing in catering establishments | 50 |
Lime and lemon juice | 350 |
Concentrates based on fruit juice and containing not less than 2.5% barley (barley water) | 350 |
Other concentrates based on fruit juice or comminuted fruit;capilé groselha | 250 |
Non-alcoholic flavoured drinks containing fruit juice | 20 (carry-over from concentrates only) |
Non-alcoholic flavoured drinks containing at least 235 g/l glucose syrup | 50 |
Grape juice, unfermented, for sacramental use | 70 |
Glucose-syrup-based confectionery | 50 (carry-over from the glucose syrup only) |
Beer including low-alcohol and alcohol-free beer | 20 |
Beer with a second fermentation in the cask | 50 |
Wines | in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No. 822/87, (EEC) No. 4252/88(6), (EEC) No. 2332/92(7) and (EEC) No. 1873/84(8) and their implementing regulations; (pro memoria) in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No. 1873/84 authorising the offer or disposal for direct human consumption of certain imported wines which may have undergone oenological processes not provided for in Regulation (EEC) No. 337/79(9). |
Alcohol-free wine | 200 |
Made wine | 260 |
Cider, perry, fruit wine, sparkling fruit wine (including alcohol-free products) | 200 |
Mead | 200 |
Fermentation vinegar | 170 |
Mustard, excluding Dijon mustard | 250 |
Dijon mustard | 500 |
Gelatin | 50 |
Vegetableand cereal-protein-based meat, fish and crustacean analogues | 200 |
EC No. | Name | Food | Maximum level |
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E 230 | Biphenyl, diphenyl | Surface treatment of citrus fruits | 70 mg/kg |
E 231 E 232 | Orthophenyl phenol } Sodium orthophenyl phenol } | Surface treatment of citrus fruits | 12 mg/kg individually or in combination expressed as orthophenyl phenol |
E 233 | Thiabendazole | Surface treatment of: citrus fruit bananas | 6 mg/kg 3 mg/kg |
E 234 | Nisin(10) | Semolina and tapioca puddings and similar products Ripened cheese and processed cheese Clotted cream | 3 mg/kg 12.5 mg/kg 10 mg/kg |
E 235 | Natamycin | Surface treatment of: hard, semi-hard and semi-soft cheese dried, cured sausages | } 1 mg/dm2 surface (not present at a depth of 5 mm) |
E 239 | Hexamethylene tetramine | Provolonecheese | 25 mg/kg residual amount, expressed as formaldehyde |
E 242 | Dimethyl dicarbonate | Non-alcoholic flavoured drinks Alcohol-free wine Liquid-tea concentrate | } 250 mg/l ingoing amount, residues not detectable |
E 284 E 285 | Boric acid Sodium tetraborate (borax) | Sturgeons' eggs (Caviar) | 4 g/kg expressed as boric acid |
EC No. | Name | Food | Indicative ingoing amount mg/kg | Residual amount mg/kg |
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E 249 E 250 | Potassium nitrite(11) Sodium nitrite(11) | Non-heat-treated, cured, dried meat products Other cured meat products Canned meat productsFoie gras, foie gras entier, blocs de foie gras Cured bacon | 150(12) 150(12) | 50(13) 100(13) 175(13) |
E 251 E 252 | Sodium nitrate Potassium nitrate | Cured meat products Canned meat products Hard, semi-hard and semi-soft cheese Dairy-based cheese analogue Pickled herring and sprat | 300 | 250(14) 50(14) 200(15) |
E 280 E 281 E 282 E 283 | Propionic acid(16) Sodium propionate(16) Calcium propionate(16) Potassium propionate(16) | Pre-packed sliced bread and rye bread Energy reduced bread Partially baked, pre-packed bread Pre-packed fine bakery wares (including flour confectionery) with a water activity of more than 0.65 Pre-packed Rolls, buns andpitta Christmas puddingPre-packed bread | 3000 mg/kg expressed as propionic acid 2000 mg/kg expressed as propionic acid 1000 mg/kg expressed as propionic acid | |
E 1105 | Lysozyme | Ripened cheese | quantum satis |
EC No. | Name | Food | Maximum level (mg/kg) |
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E 310 E 311 E 312 E 320 E 321 | Propyl gallate Octyl gallate Dodecyl gallate Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) | Fats and oils for the professional manufacture of heat-treated foods Frying oil and frying fat, excluding olive pomace oil Lard; fish oil; beef, poultry and sheep fat Cake mixes Cereal-based snack foods Milk powder for vending machines Dehydrated soups and broths Sauces Dehydrated meat Processed nuts Seasonings and condiments Pre-cooked cereals Dehydrated granulated potatoes Chewing gum Dietary supplements | 200(17) (gallates and BHA, individually or in combination) 100(17) (BHT) both expressed on fat 200 (gallates and BHA, individually or in combination) expressed on fat 25 (gallates and BHA, individually or in combination) 400 (gallates, BHT and BHA, individually or in combination) |
E 315 E 316 | Erythorbic acid Sodium erythorbate | Semi-preserved and preserved meat products Preserved and semi-preserved fish products Frozen and deep-frozen fish with red skin | 500 expressed as erythorbic acid 1500 expressed as erythorbic acid |
OJ No. L149,14.6.91, pp. 1-9.
OJ No. L84, 27.3.87, p.1.
In edible parts.
OJ No. L205, 13.8.79, p.5.
OJ No. L356, 27.12.73, p.71.
OJ No. L373, 31.12.88, p.59.
OJ No. L231, 13.8.92, p.1.
OJ No. L176, 3.7.84, p.6.
OJ No. L54, 5.3.79, p.1.
This substance may be present naturally in certain cheeses as a result of fermentation processes.
When labelled `for food use', nitrite may only be sold in a mixture with salt or a salt substitute.
Expressed as NaNO2.
Residual amount at point of sale to the final consumer, expressed as NaNO2.
Expressed as NaNO3.
Residual amount nitrite formed from nitrate included, expressed as NaNO2.
Propionic acid and its salts may be present in certain fermented products resulting from the fermentation process following good manufacturing practice.
When combinations of gallates, BHA and BHT are used, the individual levels must be reduced proportionally.
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