General Information

Synonyms: CI FOOD ORANGE 7
Chemical Names: beta-apo-8'-CAROTENOIC ACID METHYL/ETHYL ESTER, METHYL/ETHYL 8'-apo-beta-CAROTEN-8'-OATE
INS:

160f

Functional Class: Food Additives
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Evaluations

Evaluation year: 2011
ADI: 0-5 mg/kg bw
Specs Code: R
Comments: Only specifications evaluated and revised
Report: TRS 996-JECFA 74/50
Specification: FAO JECFA Monographs 11-JECFA 74/25

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GSFA Provisions for beta-apo-8'-CAROTENOIC ACID, METHYL AND ETHYL ESTERS

Number Food Category Max Level Notes
07.1.4

Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs

200 mg/kg Note 116
02.2.1

Butter

25 mg/kg Note 146,Note 291
04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

200 mg/kg Note 161
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

50 mg/kg Note 161
05.1.4

Cocoa and chocolate products

100 mg/kg Note 183
05.1.3

Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings

100 mg/kg Note XS86,Note 161
05.2

Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4

100 mg/kg Note XS309R
08.3.1.2

Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

20 mg/kg Note 16
08.3.1.1

Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

100 mg/kg Note 16
04.2.2.2

Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds

1,000 mg/kg Note 161
08.3.1.3

Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

20 mg/kg Note 16
01.1.4

Flavoured fluid milk drinks

150 mg/kg Note 52,Note 402
10.1

Fresh eggs

1,000 mg/kg Note 4
09.1.1

Fresh fish

300 mg/kg Note 4
08.1.2

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted

100 mg/kg Note 4,Note 16
09.1.2

Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

100 mg/kg Note 4,Note XS315,Note XS292,Note 16,Note XS312
04.1.2.8

Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk

100 mg/kg Note 182,Note 161
09.4

Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

100 mg/kg Note 95
08.3.2

Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

20 mg/kg Note XS98,Note XS89,Note 16,Note XS88
01.5.2

Milk and cream powder analogues

100 mg/kg Note 209
11.4

Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)

50 mg/kg Note 217
06.4.3

Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products

1,200 mg/kg Note 153
09.2

Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

100 mg/kg Note XS292,Note XS92,Note XS165,Note XS311,Note XS191,Note XS36,Note XS166,Note 95,Note 304,Note XS190,Note XS312,Note XS315,Note XS95
09.3

Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

100 mg/kg Note 95
12.5

Soups and broths

300 mg/kg Note 341
07.1.5

Steamed breads and buns

100 mg/kg Note 216
04.2.1.2

Surface-treated fresh vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds

500 mg/kg Note 4,Note 16,Note 161
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

50 mg/kg Note 92,Note 161
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)

50 mg/kg Note 161
02.1.2

Vegetable oils and fats

25 mg/kg Note 232
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

50 mg/kg Note 161

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