Part B Sulphur dioxide and sulphites
| EC No. | Name |
|---|---|
| Notes
| |
| E 220 | Sulphur dioxide |
| E 221 | Sodium sulphite |
| E 222 | Sodium hydrogen sulphite |
| E 223 | Sodium metabisulphite |
| E 224 | Potassium metabisulphite |
| E 226 | Calcium sulphite |
| E 227 | Calcium hydrogen sulphite |
| E 228 | Potassium hydrogen sulphite |
| Food | Maximum level (mg/kg or mg/l as appropriate) Expressed as SO2 |
|---|---|
| Burger meatwith a minimum vegetable and/or cereal content of 4% | 450 |
| Breakfast sausages | 450 |
| Longaniza frescaandButifarra fresca | 450 |
| Dried salted fish of the `Gadidae' species | 200 |
| Crustaceans and cephalopods – fresh, frozen and deep-frozen crustaceans, | 150f1 |
| penaeidae solenceridae, aristeidaefamily: | |
| up to 80 units | 150 |
| between 80 and 120 units | 200 |
| over 120 units | 300 |
| cooked | 50 |
| Dry biscuit | 50 |
| Starches (excluding starches for weaning foods, follow-on formulae and infant formulae) | 50 |
| Sago | 30 |
| Pearl barley | 30 |
| Dehydrated granulated potatoes | 400 |
| Cereal-and potato-based snacks | 50 |
| Peeled potatoes | 50 |
| Processed potatoes (including frozen and deep-frozen potatoes) | 100 |
| Potato dough | 100 |
| White vegetables, dried | 400 |
| White vegetables, processed (including frozen and deep-frozen white vegetables) | 50 |
| Dried ginger | 150 |
| Dried tomatoes | 200 |
| Horseradish pulp | 800 |
| Onion, garlic and shallot pulp | 300 |
| Vegetables and fruits in vinegar, oil or brine (except olives and golden peppers in brine) | 100 |
| Golden peppers in brine | 500 |
| Processed mushrooms (including frozen mushrooms) | 50 |
| Dried mushrooms | 100 |
| Dried fruits | |
| apricots, peaches, grapes, prunes and figs | 2000 |
| bananas | 1000 |
| apples and pears | 600 |
| other (including nuts in shell) | 500 |
| Dried coconut | 50 |
| Candied, crystallised or glacé fruit, vegetables, angelica and citrus peel | 100 |
| Jam, jelly and marmalade as defined in Directive 79/693/EECf2 (except extra jam and extra jelly) and other similar fruit spreads including low-calorie products | 50 |
| Jams, jelliesandmarmaladesmade with sulphited fruit | 100 |
| Fruit-based pie fillings | 100 |
| Citrus-juice-based seasonings | 200 |
| Concentrated grape juice for home wine-making | 2000 |
| Mostarda di frutta | 100 |
| Jellying fruit extract, liquid pectin for sale to the final consumer | 800 |
| Bottled whiteheart cherries, rehydrated dried fruit and lychees | 100 |
| Bottled, sliced lemon | 250 |
| Sugars as defined in Directive 73/437/EECf3 except glucose syrup, whether or not dehydrated | 15 |
| Glucose syrup, whether or not dehydrated | 20 |
| Treacle and molasses | 70 |
| Other sugars | 40 |
| Toppings (syrups for pancakes, flavoured syrups for milkshakes and ice cream; similar products) | 40 |
| Orange, grapefruit, apple and pineapple juice for bulk dispensing in catering establishments | 50 |
| Lime and lemon juice | 350 |
| Concentrates based on fruit juice and containing not less than 2.5% barley (barley water) | 350 |
| Other concentrates based on fruit juice or comminuted fruit;capilé groselha | 250 |
| Non-alcoholic flavoured drinks containing fruit juice | 20 (carry-over from concentrates only) |
| Non-alcoholic flavoured drinks containing at least 235 g/l glucose syrup | 50 |
| Grape juice, unfermented, for sacramental use | 70 |
| Glucose-syrup-based confectionery | 50 (carry-over from the glucose syrup only) |
| Beer including low-alcohol and alcohol-free beer | 20 |
| Beer with a second fermentation in the cask | 50 |
| Wines | in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No. 822/87, (EEC) No. 4252/88f4, (EEC) No. 2332/92f5 and (EEC) No. 1873/84f6 and their implementing regulations; (pro memoria) in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No. 1873/84 authorising the offer or disposal for direct human consumption of certain imported wines which may have undergone oenological processes not provided for in Regulation (EEC) No. 337/79f7. |
| Alcohol-free wine | 200 |
| Made wine | 260 |
| Cider, perry, fruit wine, sparkling fruit wine (including alcohol-free products) | 200 |
| Mead | 200 |
| Fermentation vinegar | 170 |
| Mustard, excluding Dijon mustard | 250 |
| Dijon mustard | 500 |
| Gelatin | 50 |
| Vegetableand cereal-protein-based meat, fish and crustacean analogues | 200 |
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
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In edible parts.
- f2
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OJ No. L205, 13.8.79, p.5.
- f3
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OJ No. L356, 27.12.73, p.71.
- f4
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OJ No. L373, 31.12.88, p.59.
- f5
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OJ No. L231, 13.8.92, p.1.
- f6
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OJ No. L176, 3.7.84, p.6.
- f7
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OJ No. L54, 5.3.79, p.1.