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Food Category Details

Food Category Hierarchy

Surface-treated fresh vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds (04.2.1.2)

Description:
The surfaces of certain fresh vegetables are coated with glazes or waxes or are treated with other food additives that act as protective coatings and/or help to preserve the freshness and quality of the vegetable. Examples include: avocados, cucumbers, green peppers and pistachio nuts.

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 04.2.1.2
INS No. Food Additive or Group Max Level Notes Defined In
110 Sunset yellow FCF 300 mg/kg 04.2.1.2
401 Sodium alginate GMP 04.2.1.2
904 Shellac, bleached GMP 04.2.1.2
470(ii) Salts of oleic acid with calcium, potassium and sodium GMP 04.2.1.2
470(i) Salts of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids with ammonia, calcium, potassium and sodium GMP 04.2.1.2
RIBOFLAVINS 300 mg/kg 04.2.1.2
PHOSPHATES 1,760 mg/kg 04.2.1.2
471 Mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids GMP 04.2.1.2
905c(i) Microcrystalline wax 50 mg/kg 04.2.1.2
322(i) Lecithin GMP 04.2.1.2
243 Lauric arginate ethyl ester 200 mg/kg 04.2.1.2
445(iii) Glycerol ester of wood rosin 110 mg/kg 04.2.1.2
903 Carnauba wax 400 mg/kg 04.2.1.2
120 Carmines 500 mg/kg 04.2.1.2
902 Candelilla wax GMP 04.2.1.2
CAROTENOIDS 500 mg/kg 04.2.1.2
901 Beeswax GMP 04.2.1.2
406 Agar GMP 04.2.1.2

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


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