Part II Specific Purity Criteria Applicable to Permitted Preservatives

In the case of:–

• E200 Sorbic acid

• E201 Sodium sorbate

• E202 Potassium sorbate

• E203 Calcium sorbate

• E210 Benzoic acid

• E211 Sodium benzoate

• E212 Potassium benzoate

• E213 Calcium benzoate

• E214 Ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate

  • Synonyms: Ethylpara-hydroxybenzoate

  • Ethyl ester ofp-hydroxybenzoic acid

• E215 Ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt

  • Synonyms: Sodium ethylpara-hydroxybenzoate

  • Sodium ethylp— hydroxybenzoate

• E216 Propyl 4-hyroxybenzoate

  • Synonyms: Propylpara-hydroxybenzoate

  • n-propylp-hydroxybenzoate

• E217 Propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt

  • Synonyms: Sodium propylpara-hydroxybenzoate

• Sodiumn-propylp-hydroxybenzoate

• E220 Sulphur dioxide

• E221 Sodium sulphite (anhydrous or heptahydrate)

• E222 Sodium hydrogen sulphite

  • Synonym: Acid sodium sulphite

• E223 Sodium metabisulphite

• E250 Sodium nitrite

• E251 Sodium nitrate

• E252 Potassium nitrate

• E280 Propionic acid

• E281 Sodium propionate

• E282 Calcium propionate

the appropriate specific purity criteria contained in Directive 65/66/EEC of the Council^f1.

In the case of:–

• E218 Methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate

  • Synonyms: Methylpara-hyroxybenzoate

  • Methylp-hydroxybenzoate

• E219 Methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt

  • Synonyms: Sodium methylpara-hydroxybenzoate

  • Sodium derivative of methylp-hydroxybenzoate

• E226 Calcium sulphite

• E227 Calcium hydrogen sulphite

  • Synonym: Calcium bisulphite

• E233 2-(Thiazol-4-yl) benzimidazole

  • Synonyms: Thiabendazole

  • 2-(4-thiazolyl) benzimidazole (thiabendazole)

• E239 Hexamine

  • Synonym: Hexamethylenetetramine

• E249 Potassium nitrite

• E283 Potassium propionate

the appropriate specific purity criteria contained in Directive 65/66/EEC of the Council^f2.

In the case of:–

• E224 Potassium metabisulphite

• E230 Biphenyl

• E231 2-Hydroxybiphenyl

  • Synonym: Orthophenylphenol

• E232 Sodium biphenyl-2-yl oxide

  • Synonym: Sodium orthophenylphenate

the appropriate specific purity criteria contained in Directive 65/66/EEC of the Council^f3.

In the case of:–

• E228 Potassium bisulphite

  • Synonym: Potassium acid sulphite

the appropriate specific purity criteria contained in Directive 65/66/EEC of the Council^f4.

In the case of:–

• Nisin

The criteria in the monograph for nisin contained in the Nutrition Meetings Report Series No. 45A (1969) of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation at page 53.