CODEX GENERAL STANDARD FOR FOOD ADDITIVES CODEX STAN 192-1995 PREAMELE L SCOPE LL FOOD ApDITives INCLUDED IN THIS STANDARD ‘Only the food additives listed herein are recognized as suitable for wse in foods in conformance with the provisious of this Standard.’ Only food additives that have been assigned an Acceptable Daily Imake (ADI) ‘or dexcrmined, on the basis of other criteria, to be sufc® by the Joint FAOAVHO Expert Committee on Food ‘Additives ECFA) and an International Numbering System (INS) dasignation by Codcx will be considered for inclusio in this Standard. The use of additives in conformance with this standard is considered to be technologically justified. 1.2. Foons ry Wittcu ADDITIVES MaY BE USER. This Standard sets forth the conditions under which food additives may be used in all foods, whether oF not they have previously been standardized by Codex. The usc of additives in foods standardized by Codex is subject 10 the conditions of use established by the Codex commodity standards and thi standard. The General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA) should be the single authoritative reference point for food additives. Codex commodity committoss have the responsibility and expertise to appraise und justify the techgologieal need for the use of additives in foods subject to.a commodity standard. The information given by the commodity committees may also be taken into account by the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) when considering food additive provisions im similar non-standandized foods. When a food is not covered by 8 commodity committee, CCEA will appraise the technological need. 1.3 Foons rx Wincu Apprrives May Nor BE USED Food cxtegorics or individual food items in which the use of food additives is not acceptable, oF where wie should be sesteicted, aze defined by this Standard. 1.4 MAXIMUM Use LEVEIS For Foon ADDITIVES ‘The primary objective of establishing maxinmm use levels for food additives in various food groups is to censure that the intake of an additive trou all its uses does not exceed sls ADIL ‘The food additives covered by this Standard ond their maximum use levels are based in part on the food additive provisions of previously cstablished Codex commodity standards, or upon the request of ‘governments affcr subjecting the fequested ostinyum use levels to an appropriate method for verifying the ‘eompatiblily of proposed maxiamio level with the ADDL “Annex A of this Standard may be used as a first step in this regard. The cvaluation of actual food ‘consumption data is also enewuraged. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Soction of the General Standard, the lack of referenoe to a particular adklitive or to & puaticular use of om ivkllive 34 & food ia the General Standard as currently drafted, does mol Simply that the additive is unsafe or unsultable for use in food. The Commission sball review the ncccssisy for ‘maintaining this footnote on s regular basis, with a view to its deletion once the Gencral Standard is substantially ‘complete, Foe the parpase of this standard “decermined, onthe bass of other criteria, to be safe” means that the wee of a ood additive does not pose a safely concern under conditions of usc described by JECEA os being of no Aoxionlogical concem (e.g, asa Iovels defined sareummanees). ‘A data bato of tood additive specifications with their current ADE status, the year oftheir mast recent JECEA svalielion, their assigoed INS mucnbers ele, ate available in English atthe JECEA website at EAO hp: varww foo org/agsga/jccfa-additives/scarch btml"lang=en , The database has.a query page and background infonmotion in English. French. Sponish, Arabic and Chinese. The teports of JECFA arc available at the JECFA, ‘website al WHO hitpilforwer, rho istipes food jeefareny Adopted in 1995, Revision 1997, 199%, 200, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,COpeXSTAN 192-1885 % Teble One CAROTENES, BETA. (VEGETABLE) Function enlour FosdtaiNie ~ Foodtsteyry ~~ TT TT TTT TTT Widow ~~ “Noles” ~ Yaar Adopted” wae Wins (her than tap) soomghg 2o0s. 1426 sates epirtuous beverages contsining more en 154% 00mg eas sleahal a7 ‘Aromatzed alesis beverages (e.g, beet, wine ard etree 206 spcue cooer type beverages lw sleoh oe velrazhor=} CAROTENOIDS Det Carotanee (syinesc) INS: 609m) beta Catotenes (Bekesles wispors) INS: seoa(a) betewpe 6-Carctenal INS: 1862 betaeno-#-Carciencle eid, metho INS: OOF cactor 0 ws: 1503 Fonction: andcaking apent caer solver glazing epant Feiaase apert 952 Confectionery including nar ad sot candy, nougats, S00 mo zor ‘Sher than food catagories O81, 05.3 and QB 53 Chewing gam 2100 agg 007 8 Food supplements 1000 gag 07 CHLORINE CHLORINE DIOXIDE Chlasne dioxide NE: 56