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Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted (08.1.2)

Description:
Untreated raw comminuted or mechanically deboned meat, poultry and game. Examples include: fresh beef (hamburger) patties; boerewors; fresh breakfast sausages; gehakt (chopped meat); loganiza (fresh, uncured sausage); fresh meatballs; mechanically deboned, ground and formed poultry pieces (with or without breading or coating); and fresh sausages (e.g. beef, Italian, and pork).

This page provides information on the food additive provisions that are acceptable for use in foods conforming to the food category.

This food category is listed in the Annex to Table 3. Unless specifically indicated below, food additive provisions implied by Table 3 do not automatically apply to this category.

GSFA Provisions for Food Category 08.1.2
INS No. Food Additive or Group Max Level Notes Defined In
150c Caramel III - ammonia caramel GMP 08.0
150d Caramel IV - sulfite ammonia caramel GMP 08.0
133 Brilliant blue FCF 100 mg/kg 08.0
163(ii) Grape skin extract 1,000 mg/kg 08.1.2
143 Fast green FCF 100 mg/kg 08.1
170(i) Calcium carbonate GMP 08.1.2
120 Carmines 100 mg/kg 08.1.2
160a(ii) beta-Carotenes, vegetable 20 mg/kg 08.1.2
CAROTENOIDS 100 mg/kg 08.1.2
110 Sunset yellow FCF 300 mg/kg 08.1
1414 Acetylated distarch phosphate GMP 08.1.2
472a Acetic and fatty acid esters of glycerol GMP 08.1.2
401 Sodium alginate GMP 08.1.2
460(i) Microcrystalline cellulose (Cellulose gel) GMP 08.1.2
465 Methyl ethyl cellulose GMP 08.1.2
461 Methyl cellulose GMP 08.1.2
302 Calcium ascorbate GMP 08.1.2
440 Pectins GMP 08.1.2
421 Mannitol GMP 08.1.2
425 Konjac flour GMP 08.1.2
407 Carrageenan GMP 08.1.2
406 Agar GMP 08.1.2
331(i) Sodium dihydrogen citrate GMP 08.1.2
466 Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (Cellulose gum) GMP 08.1.2
301 Sodium ascorbate GMP 08.1.2
460(ii) Powdered cellulose GMP 08.1.2
332(i) Potassium dihydrogen citrate GMP 08.1.2
331(iii) Trisodium citrate GMP 08.1.2
332(ii) Tripotassium citrate GMP 08.1.2
333(iii) Tricalcium citrate GMP 08.1.2
413 Tragacanth gum GMP 08.1.2
1404 Oxidized starch GMP 08.1.2
410 Carob bean gum GMP 08.1.2
472b Lactic and fatty acid esters of glycerol GMP 08.1.2
1440 Hydroxypropyl starch GMP 08.1.2
472c Citric and fatty acid esters of glycerol GMP 08.1.2
464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose GMP 08.1.2
463 Hydroxypropyl cellulose GMP 08.1.2
414 Gum arabic (Acacia gum) GMP 08.1.2
412 Guar gum GMP 08.1.2
415 Xanthan gum GMP 08.1.2
417 Tara gum GMP 08.1.2
407a Processed eucheuma seaweed (PES) GMP 08.1.2
300 Ascorbic acid, L- GMP 08.1.2
315 Erythorbic Acid (Isoascorbic acid) GMP 08.1.2
416 Karaya gum GMP 08.1.2
418 Gellan gum GMP 08.1.2
470(ii) Salts of oleic acid with calcium, potassium and sodium GMP 08.1.2
511 Magnesium chloride GMP 08.1.2
322(i) Lecithin GMP 08.1.2
471 Mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids GMP 08.1.2
327 Calcium lactate GMP 08.1.2
470(i) Salts of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids with ammonia, calcium, potassium and sodium GMP 08.1.2
330 Citric acid GMP 08.1.2
TOCOPHEROLS 300 mg/kg 08.1.2
631 Disodium 5'-inosinate GMP 08.1
627 Disodium 5'-guanylate GMP 08.1
621 Monosodium L-glutamate GMP 08.1
624 Monoammonium L-glutamate GMP 08.1
422 Glycerol GMP 08.1.2
384 Isopropyl citrates 200 mg/kg 08.1.2

Items in uppercase (e.g. PHOSPHATES) refer to food additive groups.


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