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APPENDIX IX: DRAFT SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE IDENTITY AND PURITY OF FOOD ADDITIVES[87]

CATEGORY I: RECOMMENDED TO THE COMMISSION FOR ADOPTION

Food additives

a-Acetoacetate decarboxylase from Bacillus brevis expressed in Bacillus subtilis
Adipic acid
a-Amylase from Bacillus megaterium expressed in Bacillus subtilis
a-Amylase from Bacillus stearothermophilus expressed in Bacillus subtilis
Argon
Chymosin A from Escherichia coli K-12 containing the prochymosin A gene
Chymosin B from Aspergillus niger var. awamori containing the prochymosin B gene
Chymosin B from Kluyveromyces lactis containing the prochymosin B gene
Citric acid
g-Cyclodextrin
Ferrous gluconate
Ferrous sulfate
Ferrous sulfate, dried
Fumaric acid
Helium
Hydrogenated poly-1-decene
Magnesium gluconate
DL-Malic acid
Maltogenic amylase from Bacillus stearothermophilus expressed in Bacillus subtilis
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Potassium metabisulfite
Potassium sulfite
Riboflavin from Bacillus subtilis
Sodium hydrogen sulfite
Sodium iron EDTA
Sodium metabisulfite
Sodium sulfite
Sodium thiosulfate
Sucrose esters of fatty acids
DL-Tartaric acid
L(+)-Tartaric acid
Thaumatin Xanthan gum

Flavouring agents

452

Methyl sulfide

538

1,3-Butanedithiol

453

Methyl ethyl sulfide

539

2,3-Butanedithiol

454

Diethyl sulfide

541

1,8-Octanedithiol

459

Methyl phenyl sulfide

545

3-Mercaptohexanol

460

Benzyl methyl sulfide

547

a-Methyl-b-hydroxypropyl a-methyl-b-mercaptopropyl sulfide

463

3-(Methylthio)-1-hexanol

549

3-Mercapto-3-methylbutyl formate

469

3-Methylthiohexanal

550

2,5-Dihydroxy-1,4-dithiane

472

Methyl 3-methylthiopropionate

554

3-Mercaptohexyl acetate

474

Methyl 4-(methylthio)butyrate

555

3-Mercaptohexyl butyrate

477

Ethyl 4-(methylthio)butyrate

563

Sodium 3-mercapto-oxopropionate

485

Propyl thioacetate

567

Diisopropyl disulfide

491

Prenyl thioacetate

576

Methyl phenyl disulfide

494

3-(Acetylmercapto)hexyl acetate

577

Methyl benzyl disulfide

496

1-(Methylthio)-2-butanone

578

Phenyl disulfide

501

Sodium 4-(methylthio)-2-oxobutanoate

593

3-Oxobutanal dimethyl acetal

505

2-(Methylthiomethyl)-3-phenylpropenal

595

Ethyl acetoacetate

506

cis and trans-Menthone-8-thioacetate

607

Ethyl levulinate

511

1-Butanethiol

611

Hydroxycitronellal

515

2-Methyl-1-butanethiol

612

Hydroxycitronellal dimethyl acetal

517

3-Methyl-2-butanethiol

621

Tartaric acid (d-, l-, dl-, meso-)

522

Prenylthiol

623

Adipic acid

525

Benzenethiol

631

3-Methyl-2-oxobutanoic acid

526

Benzyl mercaptan

632

3-Methyl-2-oxopentanoic acid

527

Phenethyl mercaptan

633

4-Methyl-2-oxopentanoic acid

530

2,6-Dimethylthiophenol

634

2-Oxopentanedioic acid

532

1,2-Ethanedithiol

635

3-Hydroxy-2-oxopropionic acid

534

2-Methyl-1,3-dithiolane



535

1,3-Propanedithiol



537

1,2-Butanedithiol



CATEGORY II: RECOMMENDED TO THE COMMISSION FOR ADOPTION AFTER EDITORIAL CHANGES, INCLUDING TECHNICAL REVISIONS

Food Additives

Curdlan

In the Definition, for Agrobacterium radibactor read Agrobacterium radiobacter In the text for Gel strength, delete last line "A = the weight of the load cell (g)"



Erythritol

Under Purity Test, Ribitol and glycerol, second sentence: for "The retention times of erythritol and glycerol relative to" read "The retention times of ribitol and glycerol relative to"


Flavouring agents

None


[87] Specifications under Categories III, IV and V are included in the Report of the Working Group on Specifications (Conference Room Document 2)

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