1986 Ed.]
Preservatives in Food Regulations
[CAP. 132
BF 17
[Subsidiary]
Column 1
Item
Specified food
5.
Column 2
Antioxidant
Column 3
Parts per million
3
Apples and pears Ethoxyquin
Note: (A) Butylated hydroxyanisole or butylated hydroxytoluene or mixtures thereof within the limits specified in Part II of this Schedule may be used in conjunction with propyl gallate or octyl gallate or dodecyl gallate or mixture thereof within the limits specified, provided that the total amount of antioxidant shall not exceed, in the case of anhydrous oils and fats and vitamin oils and concentrates, and partial glycerol esters, 300 parts per million, in the case of butter for manufacturing purposes, 240 parts per million and in the case of essential oils and isolates from the concentrates of essential oils, 1,000 parts per million.
(B) Preparations containing more than 100,000 I.U.'s Vitamin A per gram are allowed to have in them or on them only 10 parts per million for each 1,000 I.U.'s Vitamin A per gram of butylated hydroxyanisole (B.H.A.) or butylated hydroxytoluene (B.H.T.) or any mixture of B.H.A. and B.H.T.
PART III
Column 1 Column 2 Preservative specified in First Schedule Alternative form in which the preservative may be used (to be calculated as the preservative shown in Column 1) Benzoic acid Sodium benzoatePotassium benzoate
Calcium benzoate Methyl para-hydroxybenzoate Methyl para-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt Ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate Ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt Propyl para-hydroxybenzoate Propyl para-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt Ortho-phenylphenol Sodium ortho-phenylphenate Propionic acid Sodium propionate
Calcium propionate
Potassium propionate Sodium nitrate Potassium nitrate Sodium nitrite Potassium nitrite Sorbic acid Sodium sorbate
Potassium sorbate
Calcium sorbate Sulphur dioxide Sulphurous acid
Sodium sulphite
Sodium hydrogen sulphite
Sodium metabisulphite
Potassium sulphite
Potassium metabisulphite
Calcium sulphite
Calcium hydrogen sulphite
L.N. 114/84.