beta-CAROTENE (SYNTHETIC)
General Information
| Chemical Names: | beta-CAROTENE; beta,beta-CAROTENE |
| INS: | 160a(i) |
| Functional Class: |
Food Additives COLOUR |
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Evaluations
| Evaluation year: | 2011 |
| ADI: | 0-5 mg/kg bw |
| Specs Code: | R |
| Comments: | Only specifications evaluated and revised. Group ADI for beta-carotene (synthetic) and beta-carotene from Blakeslea trispora |
| Report: | TRS 996-JECFA 74/50 |
| Specification: | FAO JECFA Monographs 11-JECFA 74/29 |
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GSFA Provisions for beta-CAROTENE (SYNTHETIC)
| 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 291,Note 146 |
| 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 161,Note XS86 |
| 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 402,Note 52 |
| 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 16,Note 4 |
| 09.1.2 | Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
100 mg/kg | Note 16,Note XS312,Note 4,Note XS315,Note XS292 |
| 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 16,Note XS88,Note XS98,Note XS89 |
| 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 XS191,Note XS95,Note XS36,Note XS92,Note XS292,Note XS311,Note XS312,Note 95,Note XS166,Note XS315,Note XS190,Note XS165,Note 304 |
| 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 16,Note 161,Note 4 |
| 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 161,Note 92 |
| 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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