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Annatto extracts, bixin-based (160b(i))

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GSFA Provisions for Annatto extracts, bixin-based

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) 30 mg/kg
Table Item 06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or poultry) 80 mg/kg
Table Item 01.3.2 Beverage whiteners 50 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.4 Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs 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 06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats 75 mg/kg
Table Item 02.2.1 Butter 20 mg/kg
Table Item 02.1.1 Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee 100 mg/kg
240: Except for use in products conforming to the Standard for Edible Fats and Oils not covered by Individual Standards (CXS 19-1981) for the purposes of natural colour lost in processing, or standardizing colour only at 10 mg/kg.
Table Item 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit 20 mg/kg
Table Item 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 10 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.5 Cheese analogues 100 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.2.3 Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g. for cheese sauces) 50 mg/kg
Table Item 05.3 Chewing gum 300 mg/kg
Table Item 12.6.4 Clear sauces (e.g. fish sauce) 400 mg/kg
Table Item 05.1.4 Cocoa and chocolate products 50 mg/kg
183: For use in surface decoration only.
Table Item 05.1.3 Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings 50 mg/kg
Table Item 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 200 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products 30 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.2 Crackers, excluding sweet crackers 100 mg/kg
Table Item 01.4.4 Cream analogues 100 mg/kg
Table Item 08.3.1.2 Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 100 mg/kg
Table Item 08.3.1.1 Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 100 mg/kg
Table Item 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 100 mg/kg
146: Except for use in non-plain products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milks (CXS 243- 2003) at 20 mg/kg.
Table Item 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 80 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 14.2.6 Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol 30 mg/kg
Table Item 06.4.2 Dried pastas and noodles and like products 10 mg/kg
Table Item 08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings) 10000 mg/kg
365: On a casings basis.
Table Item 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 20 mg/kg
Table Item 12.6.1 Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip) 30 mg/kg
593: Except for use at 100 mg/kg in cheese dips and flavoured mayonnaise.
Table Item 02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions 25 mg/kg
Table Item 02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads 100 mg/kg
215: Except for use in products conforming to the Standard for Dairy Fat Spreads (CODEX STAN 253-2006) at 20 mg/kg.
Table Item 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 15 mg/kg
Table Item 08.3.1.3 Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 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 10 mg/kg
Table Item 07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes 100 mg/kg
Table Item 09.3.1 Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly 10 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 01.1.4 Flavoured fluid milk drinks 20 mg/kg
52: Excluding chocolate milk.
Table Item 01.6.4.2 Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. 15 mg/kg
239: Except for use at 100 mg/kg in sliced processed cheese.
Table Item 13.6 Food supplements 200 mg/kg
539: For use in solid forms as sold to the consumer only.
Table Item 08.1.2 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted 20 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 80 mg/kg
41: For use in breading or batter coatings only. 257: Except for use in breading or batter coatings in products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Sticks (Fish Fingers), Fish Portions and Fish Fillets – Breaded or in Batter (CODEX STAN 166-1989) only at 25 mg/kg as bixin.
Table Item 08.3.3 Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 20 mg/kg
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 50 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 30 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.6 Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 20 mg/kg
Table Item 08.3.2 Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 100 mg/kg
Table Item 08.2.2 Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts 20 mg/kg
Table Item 05.1.5 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products 50 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmelades 20 mg/kg
Table Item 02.1.3 Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats 10 mg/kg
512: For use in products conforming to the Standard for Edible fats and oils not Covered by Individual Standards (CXS 19-1981) and the Standard for Named Animal Fats (CXS 211-1999) for the purposes of restoring natural colour lost in processing, or standardizing colour only.
Table Item 01.5.2 Milk and cream powder analogues 100 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 12.6.3 Mixes for sauces and gravies 100 mg/kg
127: On the served to the consumer basis.
Table Item 12.4 Mustards 100 mg/kg
Table Item 12.6.2 Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) 100 mg/kg
577: Except for use at 50 mg/kg in products conforming to the Standard for Chili Sauce (CXS 306-2011).
Table Item 01.6.4.1 Plain processed cheese 60 mg/kg
145: Except for use at 100 mg/kg in sliced processed cheeses.
Table Item 06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 20 mg/kg
Table Item 15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit) 10 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.2.2 Rind of ripened cheese 100 mg/kg
Table Item 12.7 Salads (e.g. macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.3 10 mg/kg
Table Item 09.3.3 Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products 10 mg/kg
Table Item 12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments 600 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 10 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 10 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) 20 mg/kg
Table Item 12.5 Soups and broths 50 mg/kg
501: Except for use at 300 mg/kg in carrot and pumpkin flavoured soup.
Table Item 06.8.1 Soybean-based beverages 10 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.5 Steamed breads and buns 200 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 04.2.2.6 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 10 mg/kg
Table Item 04.2.2.5 Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) 20 mg/kg
Table Item 02.1.2 Vegetable oils and fats 10 mg/kg
508: For use in products, excluding virgin or cold pressed oils and vegetable oils, conforming to the Standard for Edible Fats and Oils not Covered by Individual Standards (CXS 19-1981) only, for the purposes of restoring natural colour lost in processing, or standardising colour.
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 10 mg/kg
Table Item 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks 30 mg/kg
127: On the served to the consumer basis.
Table Item 14.2.4 Wines (other than grape) 20 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.).