GSFA Online Food Category 12.2.1

GSFA Online

Updated up to the 44^th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2021)

Food Category Details

Herbs and spices (12.2.1)

Description:
Herbs and spices are usually derived from botanical sources, and may be dehydrated, and either ground or whole. Examples of herbs include basil, oregano and thyme. Examples of spices include cumin and caraway seeds. Spices may also be found as blends in powder or paste form. Examples of spice blends include chili seasoning, chili paste, curry paste, curry roux, and dry cures or rubs that are applied to external surfaces of meat or fish.

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, with the exception of spices to which the food additives provisions implied by Table 3 apply.

GSFA Provisions for Food Category 12.2.1

INS No.	Food Additive or Group	Max Level	Notes	Defined In
	SULFITES	150 mg/kg	Note XS328 Note 532 Note 44 Note XS327	12.2.1
551	Silicon dioxide, amorphous	GMP	Note 51 Note 534	12.2.1
470(iii)	Magnesium stearate	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
553(iii)	Talc	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
500(iii)	Sodium sesquicarbonate	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
500(ii)	Sodium hydrogen carbonate	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
500(i)	Sodium carbonate	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
470(ii)	Salts of oleic acid with calcium, potassium and sodium	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
470(i)	Salts of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids with ammonia, calcium, potassium and sodium	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
460(ii)	Powdered cellulose	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
460(i)	Microcrystalline cellulose (Cellulose gel)	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
421	Mannitol	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
553(i)	Magnesium silicate, synthetic	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
530	Magnesium oxide	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
504(ii)	Magnesium hydroxide carbonate	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
504(i)	Magnesium carbonate	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
953	Isomalt (Hydrogenated isomaltulose)	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
1442	Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
552	Calcium silicate	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
170(i)	Calcium carbonate	GMP	Note 534	12.2.1
955	Sucralose (Trichlorogalactosucrose)	400 mg/kg	Note XS328 Note 161 Note XS326 Note XS327	12.2.1
	SUCROSE ESTERS	2,000 mg/kg	Note XS328 Note XS326 Note XS327 Note 422	12.2.1
	POLYSORBATES	2,000 mg/kg	Note XS328 Note XS326 Note XS327	12.2.1
950	Acesulfame potassium	2,000 mg/kg	Note XS328 Note 188 Note 161 Note XS326 Note XS327	12.2
961	Neotame	32 mg/kg	Note XS328 Note 161 Note XS326 Note XS327	12.2
	ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA ACETATES	70 mg/kg	Note XS328 Note XS326 Note XS327 Note 21	12.2
	ASCORBYL ESTERS	500 mg/kg	Note XS328 Note XS326 Note 10 Note XS327	12.2
310	Propyl gallate	200 mg/kg	Note XS328 Note XS326 Note XS327 Note 130 Note 15	12.2
319	Tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ)	200 mg/kg	Note XS328 Note XS326 Note XS327 Note 130 Note 15	12.2
320	Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)	200 mg/kg	Note XS328 Note XS326 Note XS327 Note 130 Note 15	12.2
321	Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)	200 mg/kg	Note XS328 Note XS326 Note XS327 Note 130 Note 15	12.2
	SORBATES	1,000 mg/kg	Note XS328 Note XS326 Note 42 Note XS327	12.2
	TOCOPHEROLS	2,000 mg/kg	Note XS328 Note XS326 Note 421 Note XS327	12.2
150d	Caramel IV - sulfite ammonia caramel	10,000 mg/kg	Note XS328 Note XS326 Note XS327	12.2

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