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Tartrazine (102)

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GSFA Provisions for Tartrazine

Table Items Number Category MaxLevel Notes
Table Item 14.2.7 Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers) 200 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages 500 mg/kg
425: For use in malt liquor only.
Table Item 01.3.2 Beverage whiteners 300 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.4 Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs 300 mg/kg
398: Some Codex Members allow the use of additives with sweetener and colour functions in this food category while others limit this food category to products without these additives.
Table Item 06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats 300 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit 200 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit 200 mg/kg
267: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Certain Canned Fruits (CODEX STAN 319-2015) except for use in special holiday packs for canned pears conforming to the standard.
Table Item 04.2.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds 100 mg/kg
Table Item 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 100 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.5 Cheese analogues 300 mg/kg
3: For use in surface treatment only.
Table Item 05.3 Chewing gum 300 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.2 Cider and perry 200 mg/kg
Table Item 05.1.4 Cocoa and chocolate products 100 mg/kg
183: For use in surface decoration only.
Table Item 05.1.3 Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings 100 mg/kg
Table Item 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 300 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products 100 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.4.2 Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 400 mg/kg
479: For use in cooked mollusks only.
Table Item 07.1.2 Crackers, excluding sweet crackers 300 mg/kg
Table Item 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 300 mg/kg
Table Item 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 500 mg/kg
Table Item 13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6 300 mg/kg
Table Item 13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1) 100 mg/kg
566: Excluding products conforming to the Guidelines for Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (CXG 95-2022).
Table Item 13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction 50 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.6 Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol 200 mg/kg
Table Item 06.4.2 Dried pastas and noodles and like products 70 mg/kg
Table Item 04.2.2.2 Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds 940 mg/kg
Table Item 08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings) 300 mg/kg
365: On a casings basis.
Table Item 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 40 mg/kg
Table Item 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 150 mg/kg
Table Item 04.2.2.7 Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3 200 mg/kg
Table Item 07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes 100 mg/kg
Table Item 01.1.4 Flavoured fluid milk drinks 300 mg/kg
52: Excluding chocolate milk.
Table Item 01.6.4.2 Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. 200 mg/kg
Table Item 13.6 Food supplements 300 mg/kg
539: For use in solid forms as sold to the consumer only.
Table Item 09.2.4.3 Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 100 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 290 mg/kg
41: For use in breading or batter coatings only.
Table Item 09.2.3 Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 500 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 200 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk 200 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 150 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.6 Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 500 mg/kg
Table Item 09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 290 mg/kg
435: For use of tartrazine (INS 102), sunset yellow FCF (INS 110), amaranth (INS 123) and ponceau 4R (cochineal red A) (INS 124) singly or in combination up to a maximum level of 30 mg/kg in the final product as colours only for the purpose of restoring colour lost in processing for products conforming to the Standard for Canned Shrimps or Prawns (CODEX STAN 37-1991).
Table Item 05.1.5 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products 100 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmelades 200 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.6 Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares 200 mg/kg
398: Some Codex Members allow the use of additives with sweetener and colour functions in this food category while others limit this food category to products without these additives.
Table Item 12.4 Mustards 300 mg/kg
Table Item 12.6.2 Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) 100 mg/kg
576: For use only in products conforming to the Standard for Chili Sauce (CXS 306-2011).
Table Item 07.1.3 Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, English muffins) 300 mg/kg
398: Some Codex Members allow the use of additives with sweetener and colour functions in this food category while others limit this food category to products without these additives.
Table Item 01.6.4.1 Plain processed cheese 200 mg/kg
Table Item 06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 70 mg/kg
Table Item 15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit) 120 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.2.2 Rind of ripened cheese 100 mg/kg
Table Item 09.3.3 Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products 300 mg/kg
Table Item 12.6 Sauces and like products 500 mg/kg
577: Except for use at 50 mg/kg in products conforming to the Standard for Chili Sauce (CXS 306-2011).
Table Item 12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments 425 mg/kg
Table Item 09.3.4 Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g. fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 100 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 100 mg/kg
382: For use only in smoked fish and smoke-flavoured fish products conforming to the Standard for Smoked Fish, Smoked-flavoured fish, and Smoke-dried fish (CODEX STAN 311-2013).
Table Item 15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) 300 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.1.2 Soda breads 300 mg/kg
398: Some Codex Members allow the use of additives with sweetener and colour functions in this food category while others limit this food category to products without these additives.
Table Item 12.5 Soups and broths 50 mg/kg
Table Item 06.8.1 Soybean-based beverages 20 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.5 Steamed breads and buns 300 mg/kg
398: Some Codex Members allow the use of additives with sweetener and colour functions in this food category while others limit this food category to products without these additives. 201: For use in flavoured products only.
Table Item 04.2.2.3 Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce 100 mg/kg
39: On a total carotenoid basis.
Table Item 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks 100 mg/kg
127: On the served to the consumer basis.
Table Item 14.2.4 Wines (other than grape) 200 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.1.1 Yeast-leavened breads and specialty breads 300 mg/kg
398: Some Codex Members allow the use of additives with sweetener and colour functions in this food category while others limit this food category to products without these additives.
Note: Unless otherwise specified, food additive provisions apply to the food category indicated (e.g. Dairy), as well as to all subcategories of that category (e.g. Cheese, Ripened Cheese, etc.).