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Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (09.2)

Description:
This category refers to fish products that are frozen and may require further cooking, as well as ready-to-eat cooked, smoked, dried, fermented, and salted products.

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 09.2
INS No. Food Additive or Group Max Level Notes Defined In
331(iii) Trisodium citrate GMP 09.2
332(ii) Tripotassium citrate GMP 09.2
333(iii) Tricalcium citrate GMP 09.2
576 Sodium gluconate GMP 09.2
331(i) Sodium dihydrogen citrate GMP 09.2
301 Sodium ascorbate GMP 09.2
332(i) Potassium dihydrogen citrate GMP 09.2
150d Caramel IV - sulfite ammonia caramel 30,000 mg/kg 09.2
150c Caramel III - ammonia caramel 30,000 mg/kg 09.2
CAROTENOIDS 100 mg/kg 09.2
951 Aspartame 300 mg/kg 09.2
950 Acesulfame potassium 200 mg/kg 09.2

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


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