GSFA Provisions for ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA ACETATES

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) 25 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages 25 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
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 365 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 315 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 05.1.3 Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings 50 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa 35 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products 50 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 04.2.2.8 Cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds 250 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 14.2.6 Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol 25 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 10.2.3 Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products 200 mg/kg
47: On the dry egg yolk weight basis. 21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 04.1.2.2 Dried fruit 265 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
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 800 mg/kg
297: The level in the ready-to-eat food shall not exceed 200 mg/kg on the anhydrous basis. 21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 12.6.1 Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip) 100 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads 100 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 04.1.2.10 Fermented fruit products 250 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
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 12.9.2.3 250 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 09.3.2 Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine 250 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 13.6 Food supplements 150 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 75 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 09.2.1 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 75 mg/kg
392: For non-standardized food and for products conforming to the Standard for Live and Raw Bivalve Molluscs (CODEX STAN 292-2008): for use as an antioxidant for raw frozen molluscs. 21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 04.2.2.1 Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds 100 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 650 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 04.1.2.3 Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine 250 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 04.1.2.6 Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 100 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 340 mg/kg
310: Except for use in products conforming to the Standard for Canned Shrimps or Prawns (CODEX STAN 37-1981) and the Standard for Canned Crab Meat (CODEX STAN 90-1981) at 250 mg/kg. 21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 08.3.2 Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 35 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. seasoning for instant noodles) 70 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmelades 130 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 12.4 Mustards 75 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 12.6.2 Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) 75 mg/kg
575: Except for use in products conforming to the Standard for Chili Sauce (CXS 306-2011): Disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (INS 386) only. 21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
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 05.1.3 100 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 11.6 Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners 1000 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
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 80 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
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) 250 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
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 250 mg/kg
216: Except for use in products conforming to the Standard for Table Olives (CXS 66-1981): antioxidant and preservative functions are permitted for use in all table olives, while use as a colour retention agent is permitted only for table olives darkened with oxidation. 21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Table Item 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks 200 mg/kg
21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
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.).