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| EEC No. | Name or description | Chemical formula | Kind of animal | Maximum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuff) | Minimum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuff) |
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| E222 | Sodium hydrogensulphite (sodium bisulphite)—Not permitted in unprocessed meat and fish | NaHSO3 | Dogs and Cats | 500 alone or together expressed as SO2 | |
| E223 | diSodium disulphite (Sodium metabisulphite)——Not permitted in unprocessed meat and fish | Na2S2O5 | Dogs and Cats | 500 alone or together expressed as SO2 | |
| E250 | Sodium nitrite | NaNO2 | Dogs and Cats | 100 (canned feeding stuffs only) | |
| E214 | Ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C9H10O3 | Pet animals | No limit | |
| E215 | Sodium ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C9H9O3Na | Pet animals | No limit | |
| E216 | Propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C10H12O3 | Pet animals | No limit | |
| E217 | Sodium propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C10H11O3Na | Pet animals | No limit | |
| E218 | Methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C8H8O3 | Pet animals | No limit | |
| E219 | Sodium methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C8H7O3Na | Pet animals | No limit | |
| E490 | Propane-1, 2-diol | C3H8O2 | Dogs | 53,000 | |
| E240 | Formaldehyde | CH2O | All species of animals Pigs up to the age of six months | No limit (for silage only) 600 (skimmed milk only) | |
| E285 | Methylpropionic acid | C4H8O2 | Ruminants at the beginning of rumination | 4,000 | 1,000 |