{ "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-regulations-1995/schedule-2/part-A", "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-regulations-1995/schedule-2/part-A.json", "legislation": "uksi/1995/3187", "legislation_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995", "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-regulations-1995", "path": "schedule/2/part/A", "kind": "part", "number": "A", "heading": "Sorbates, benzoates and p-hydroxybenzoates", "text": "EC No.\nName\nAbbreviation\nNotes\n1. The levels of all substances mentioned above are expressed as the free acid.\n2. The abbreviations used in the table mean the following:\nSa + Ba: Sa and Ba used singly or in combination\nSa + PHB: Sa and PHB used singly or in combination\nSa + Ba + PHB: Sa, Ba and PHB used singly or in combination.\n3. The maximum levels of use indicated refer to foods ready for consumption prepared following manufacturers' instructions.\n(1) Benzoic acid may be present in certain fermented products resulting from the fermentation process following good manufacturing practice.\nE 200\nE 202\nE 203\nSorbic acid\nPotassium sorbate\nCalcium sorbate\n} Sa\nE 210\nE 211\nE 212\nE 213\nBenzoic acid\nSodium benzoate\nPotassium benzoate\nCalcium benzoate\n} Ba\nE 214\nE 215\nE 216\nE 217\nE 218\nE 219\nEthyl p-hydroxybenzoate\nSodium ethyl p-hydroxybenzoate\nPropyl p-hydroxybenzoate\nSodium propyl p-hydroxybenzoate\nMethyl p-hydroxybenzoate\nSodium methyl p-hydroxybenzoate\n} PHB\nFood\nMaximum level (mg/kg or mg/l as appropriate)\nSa\nBa\nPHB\nSa + Ba\nSa + PHB\nSa + Ba + PHB\nWine-based flavoured drinks including products covered by Regulation (EEC) No. 1601/91\n200\nNon-alcoholic flavoured drinks (excluding dairy-based drinks)\n300\n150\n250 Sa+ 150 Ba\nLiquid tea concentrates and liquid fruit and herbal infusion concentrates\n600\nGrape juice, unfermented, for sacramental use\n2000\nWines as referred to in Regulation (EEC) No. 822/87; alcohol-free wine; fruit wine (including alcohol-free);made wine; cider and perry (including alcohol-free)\n200\nSød… Saft or Sødet… Saft\n500\n200\nAlcohol-free beer in keg\n200\nMead\n200\nSpirits with less than 15% alcohol by volume\n200\n200\n400\nFillings of ravioli and similar products\n1000\nLow-sugar jams, jellies, marmalades and similar low calorie or sugar-free products and other fruit-based spreads;Mermeladas\n500\n1000\nCandied, crystallised and glacé fruit and vegetables\n1000\nDried fruit\n1000\nFrugtgrødandRote Grütze\n1000\n500\nFruit and vegetable preparations including fruit-based sauces, excluding purée, mousse, compote, salads and similar products, canned or bottled\n1000\nVegetables in vinegar, brine or oil (excluding olives)\n2000\nPotato dough and pre-fried potato slices\n2000\nGnocchi\n1000\nPolenta\n200\nOlives and olive-based preparations\n1000\nJelly coatings of meat products (cooked, cured or dried); Paté\n1000\nSurface treatment of dried meat products\nquantum satis\nSemi-preserved fish products including fish roe products\n2000\nSalted, dried fish\n200\nShrimps, cooked\n2000\nCrangon crangonandCrangon vulgaris,cooked\n6000\nCheese, pre-packed, sliced\n1000\nUnripened cheese\n1000\nProcessed cheese\n2000\nLayered cheese and cheese with added foods\n1000\nNon-heat-treated dairy-based desserts\n300\nCurdled milk\n1000\nLiquid egg (white, yolk or whole egg)\n5000\nDehydrated, concentrated, frozen and deep-frozen egg products\n1000\nPre-packed sliced bread and rye-bread\n2000\nPartially baked, pre-packed bakery wares intended for retail sale\n2000\nFine bakery wares with a water activity of more than 0.65\n2000\nCerealor potato-based snacks and coated nuts\n1000 (max. 300 PHB)\nBatters\n2000\nConfectionery (excluding chocolate)\n1500 (max. 300 PHB)\nChewing gum\n1500\nToppings (syrups for pancakes, flavoured syrups for milkshakes and ice cream; similar products)\n1000\nFat emulsions (excluding butter) with a fat content of 60% or more\n1000\nFat emulsions with a fat content less than 60%\n2000\nEmulsified sauces with a fat content of 60% or more\n1000\nEmulsified sauces with a fat content less than 60%\n2000\nNon-emulsified sauces\n1000\nPrepared salads\n1500\nMustard\n1000\nSeasonings and condiments\n1000\nLiquid soups and broths (excluding canned)\n500\nAspic\n1000\n500\nLiquid dietary food supplements\n2000\nDietetic foods intended for special medical purposes excluding foods for infants and young children as referred to in Directive 89/398/EEC dietetic formulae for weight control intended to replace total daily food intake or an individual meal\n1500", "extent": null, "status": null, "version": "current", "annotations": [ { "type": "footnote", "label": "f1", "text": "(1) Benzoic acid may be present in certain fermented products resulting from the fermentation process following good manufacturing practice." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f2", "text": "OJ No. L149,14.6.91, pp. 1-9." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f3", "text": "OJ No. L84, 27.3.87, p.1." } ], "outstanding_effects": [ { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/2003/3120", "affecting_title": "The Jam and Similar Products (England) Regulations 2003" }, { "type": "entry substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1999/1136", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999" }, { "type": "entries substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1999/1136", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999" }, { "type": "entries inserted", "affecting": "uksi/1999/1136", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999" }, { "type": "entries substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1999/1136", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": 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