Propionihappo E280

GSFA Online Updated up to the 41th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2018)

GSFA Provisions for Propionic acid Number Food Category Max Level Notes 01.6.6 Whey protein cheese 3,000 mg/kg Note 70 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.). GSFA Table 3 Provisions Propionic acid is a food additive that is included in Table 3, and as such may be used in the following foods under the conditions of good manufacturing practices (GMP) as outlined in the Preamble of the Codex GSFA. Although not listed below, Propionic acid could also be used in heat-treated butter milk of food category 01.1.1 and spices of food category 12.2.1. Note that food categories listed in the Annex to Table 3 were excluded accordingly. Propionic acid is acceptable in foods conforming to the following commodity standards: CS 117-1981 CS 291-2010 Number Food Category 01.1.4 Flavoured fluid milk drinks 01.3 Condensed milk and analogues (plain) 01.4.3 Clotted cream (plain) 01.4.4 Cream analogues 01.5 Milk powder and cream powder and powder analogues (plain) 01.6.1 Unripened cheese 01.6.2 Ripened cheese 01.6.4 Processed cheese 01.6.5 Cheese analogues 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 01.8.1 Liquid whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses 02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads 02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 04.1.2 Processed fruit 04.2.2.2 Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds 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 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 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) 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 04.2.2.8 Cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds 05.0 Confectionery 06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats 06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or poultry) 06.7 Pre-cooked or processed rice products, including rice cakes (Oriental type only) 06.8 Soybean products (excluding soybean-based seasonings and condiments of food category 12.9) 07.0 Bakery wares 08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts 08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings) 09.3 Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 10.2.3 Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products 10.3 Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned eggs 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 11.6 Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners 12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments 12.3 Vinegars 12.4 Mustards 12.5 Soups and broths 12.6 Sauces and like products 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 12.8 Yeast and like products 12.9 Soybean-based seasonings and condiments 12.10 Protein products other than from soybeans 13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1) 13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction 13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6 13.6 Food supplements 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks 14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages 14.2.2 Cider and perry 14.2.4 Wines (other than grape) 14.2.5 Mead 14.2.6 Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol 14.2.7 Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers) 15.0 Ready-to-eat savouries 16.0 Prepared foods 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.).

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