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Annatto extracts, bixin-based (160b(i))
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GSFA Provisions for Annatto extracts, bixin-based
Number Food Category Max Level Notes
Food Category Hierarchy 01.6.4.1 Plain processed cheese 60 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 05.1.4 Cocoa and chocolate products 50 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads 100 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 02.1.3 Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats 10 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks 30 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 100 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.6.4.2 Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. 15 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 02.1.1 Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee 100 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.1.4 Flavoured fluid milk drinks 20 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 13.6 Food supplements 200 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 12.6.2 Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) 10 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.5.2 Milk and cream powder analogues 100 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 05.1.3 Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings 50 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 200 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 02.2.1 Butter 20 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.4.4 Cream analogues 100 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.6.2.2 Rind of ripened cheese 100 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.6.2.3 Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g. for cheese sauces) 50 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.6.5 Cheese analogues 100 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions 25 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 15 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 20 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 05.1.5 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products 50 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 05.3 Chewing gum 300 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 80 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 14.2.4 Wines (other than grape) 20 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 14.2.6 Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol 30 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 14.2.7 Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers) 30 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 10 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.3.2 Beverage whiteners 50 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.2.1 Fermented milks (plain) 10 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 02.1.2 Vegetable oils and fats 10 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.).


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