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Allura red AC (129)

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GSFA Provisions for Allura red AC

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 06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats 300 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit 100 mg/kg
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) 300 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 300 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.2 Cider and perry 200 mg/kg
Table Item 05.1.4 Cocoa and chocolate products 300 mg/kg
183: For use in surface decoration only.
Table Item 05.1.3 Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings 300 mg/kg
Table Item 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 300 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products 300 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.4.2 Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 250 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) 300 mg/kg
Table Item 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 300 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) 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 300 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 150 mg/kg
Table Item 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 300 mg/kg
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.
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 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 01.1.4 Flavoured fluid milk drinks 100 mg/kg
52: Excluding chocolate milk. 540: Except for use in products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milks (CXS 243-2003) at 300 mg/kg.
Table Item 13.6 Food supplements 300 mg/kg
Table Item 10.1 Fresh eggs 100 mg/kg
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
Table Item 09.2.1 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 300 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 300 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 300 mg/kg
Table Item 08.3.2 Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 25 mg/kg
Table Item 05.1.5 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products 300 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmelades 100 mg/kg
Table Item 12.4 Mustards 300 mg/kg
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 11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) 300 mg/kg
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.
Table Item 01.6.4 Processed cheese 100 mg/kg
Table Item 15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit) 100 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 300 mg/kg
Table Item 12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments 300 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 - 09.3.3 300 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 300 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) 200 mg/kg
Table Item 12.5 Soups and broths 100 mg/kg
337: For use in products conforming to the Codex Standard for Bouillons and Consommés (CODEX STAN 117-1981) at 50 mg/kg.
Table Item 04.2.2.6 Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g. vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables) other than food category 04.2.2.5 200 mg/kg
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 150 mg/kg
127: On the served to the consumer basis.
Table Item 14.2.4 Wines (other than grape) 200 mg/kg
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.).