Relevant Data

Food Additives Approved by European Union:


General Information

Synonyms: CARRAGEENAN WITH CELLULOSE, EUCHEUMA SEAWEED, PES, PNG-CARRAGEENAN, SEMI-REFINED CARRAGEENAN
INS:

407a

Functional Class: Food Additives
EMULSIFIER
STABILIZER
THICKENER
GELLING_AGENT

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Evaluations

Evaluation year: 2007
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Meeting: 44
Specs Code: R
Comments: Group ADI for carrageenan and processed eucheuma seaweed. The Committee was of the view that based on the information available, it is inadvisable to use carrageenan or processed eucheuma seaweed in infant formulas.
Report: TRS 947-JECFA68/
Tox Monograph: FAS 59-JECFA68/
Specification: FAO JECFA Monographs 4- JECFA 68/ . R

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GSFA Provisions for PROCESSED EUCHEUMA SEAWEED

Number Food Category Max Level Notes
14.1.5

Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa

GMP Note 160
09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

GMP Note 325,Note 16
09.2.4.2

Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note 16
06.4.2

Dried pastas and noodles and like products

GMP Note 256
01.2.1.2

Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation

GMP Note 234
01.2.1.1

Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation

GMP Note 235,Note 234
08.1.2

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted

GMP Note 281
08.1.1

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts

GMP Note 326,Note 16
06.4.1

Fresh pastas and noodles and like products

GMP Note 211
09.2.4.3

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

GMP Note 332,Note 325,Note 41
09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note 332,Note 177
09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note XS191,Note 332,Note XS92,Note XS315,Note XS312,Note XS292,Note XS190,Note 391,Note XS95,Note XS36
11.4

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

GMP Note 258
01.4.1

Pasteurized cream (plain)

GMP Note 236
09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note 332,Note 300

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