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Azorubine (Carmoisine) (122)

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GSFA Provisions for Azorubine (Carmoisine)

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) 100 mg/kg
Table Item 06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats 150 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit 100 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 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 150 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.5 Cheese analogues 100 mg/kg
3: For use in surface treatment only.
Table Item 05.3 Chewing gum 100 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products 15 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.4.2 Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 15 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.2 Crackers, excluding sweet crackers 50 mg/kg
Table Item 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 150 mg/kg
Table Item 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 300 mg/kg
447: Except for use at 500 mg/kg in fat based or aerated products.
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) 50 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 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 50 mg/kg
Table Item 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 150 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 150 mg/kg
52: Excluding chocolate milk.
Table Item 01.6.4.2 Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. 10 mg/kg
Table Item 13.6 Food supplements 300 mg/kg
533: Except for use at 100 mg/kg in liquid forms as sold to the consumer only. 597: Except for use at 1,100 mg/kg in effervescent forms as sold to the consumer. 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 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 04.1.2.5 200 mg/kg
Table Item 09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 290 mg/kg
Table Item 05.2.1 Hard candy 50 mg/kg
441: Except for use at 300 mg/kg in candies with red fruit flavour.
Table Item 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmelades 200 mg/kg
Table Item 12.4 Mustards 300 mg/kg
Table Item 05.2.3 Nougats and marzipans 50 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.3 Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, English muffins) 50 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 15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit) 100 mg/kg
Table Item 09.3.3 Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products 100 mg/kg
Table Item 12.6 Sauces and like products 500 mg/kg
Table Item 12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments 500 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 - 09.3.3 290 mg/kg
Table Item 15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) 200 mg/kg
Table Item 05.2.2 Soft candy 100 mg/kg
Table Item 12.5 Soups and broths 50 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.1 Unripened cheese 150 mg/kg
3: For use in surface treatment only. 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 200 mg/kg
Table Item 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks 95 mg/kg
127: On the served to the consumer basis.
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.).