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Fast green FCF (143)

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GSFA Provisions for Fast green FCF

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 07.1.4 Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs 100 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 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 200 mg/kg
Table Item 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 100 mg/kg
Table Item 05.3 Chewing gum 300 mg/kg
Table Item 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 100 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products 100 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.2 Crackers, excluding sweet crackers 100 mg/kg
Table Item 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 100 mg/kg
2: On the dry ingredient, dry weight, dry mix or concentrate basis.
Table Item 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 100 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.6 Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol 100 mg/kg
Table Item 08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings) 290 mg/kg
365: On a casings basis.
Table Item 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 100 mg/kg
Table Item 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 100 mg/kg
Table Item 12.6.1 Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip) 100 mg/kg
Table Item 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 100 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 12.9.2.3 100 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 100 mg/kg
52: Excluding chocolate milk.
Table Item 13.6 Food supplements 600 mg/kg
Table Item 10.1 Fresh eggs
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
Table Item 08.1 Fresh meat, poultry, and game 100 mg/kg
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only. 3: For use in surface treatment only. 16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 100 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk 100 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 100 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.6 Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 100 mg/kg
Table Item 09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 100 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmelades 400 mg/kg
Table Item 02.1.3 Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats
Table Item 07.1.6 Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares 100 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 07.1.3 Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, English muffins) 100 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 06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 290 mg/kg
194: For use in instant noodles conforming to the Standard for Instant Noodles (CODEX STAN 249-2006) only.
Table Item 08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts 100 mg/kg
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only. 3: For use in surface treatment only.
Table Item 09.3.3 Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products 100 mg/kg
Table Item 12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments 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
Table Item 07.1.1.2 Soda breads 100 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 07.1.5 Steamed breads and buns 100 mg/kg
201: For use in flavoured products only. 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 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 300 mg/kg
Table Item 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks 100 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.1.1 Yeast-leavened breads and specialty breads 100 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.).