β¨ Food Additives Schedule
4490 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 170
SCHEDULE 1
| INS Number | Additive Name | Max level | Applications |
|---|
8 MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS (including poultry and game)
8.1 Raw meat, poultry and game
Additives in Schedules 2,3&4 must not be present in raw meat, poultry and game unless expressly permitted below
| | Sodium acetates | 5000 | mg/kg |
| fresh poultry | | | |
| 262 | | | |
8.2 Processed meat, poultry and game products in whole pieces or cuts*
| commercially sterile canned cured meat | Nitrites (potassium and sodium salts) | 50 | mg/kg |
| 249 250 | | | total of nitrates and nitrites, calculated as sodium nitrite |
| cured meat | Nitrites (potassium and sodium salts) | 125 | mg/kg |
| 249 250 | | | total of nitrates and nitrites, calculated as sodium nitrite |
| 251 252 | Nitrates (potassium and sodium salts) | 125 | mg/kg |
| dried meat | Sorbic acid and sodium, potassium and calcium sorbates | 1500 | mg/kg |
| 200 201 202 203 | | | |
| 249 250 | Nitrites (potassium and sodium salts) | 125 | mg/kg |
| | | | total of nitrates and nitrites, calculated as sodium nitrite |
| slow dried cured meat | Nitrites (potassium and sodium salts) | 125 | mg/kg |
| 249 250 | | | total of nitrates and nitrites, calculated as sodium nitrite |
| 251 252 | Nitrates (potassium and sodium salts) | 500 | mg/kg |
8.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry and game products*
| 160b | Annatto extracts | 100 | mg/kg |
| 220 221 222 223 | Sulphur dioxide and sodium and potassium sulphites | 500 | mg/kg |
| 224 225 228 | | | |
| 249 250 | Nitrites (potassium and sodium salts) | 125 | mg/kg |
| | | | total of nitrates and nitrites, calculated as sodium nitrite |
| fermented, uncooked processed comminuted meat products | Sorbic acid and sodium, potassium and calcium sorbates | 1500 | mg/kg |
| 200 201 202 203 | | | |
*Additives in Schedules 2, 3, and 4 are permitted
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Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2000, No 170
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2000, No 170
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Schedule of Permitted Food Additives
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π₯ Health & Social WelfareFood additives, Schedules, Maximum levels, Applications, Meat, Poultry, Game, Sodium acetates, Nitrites, Nitrates, Sorbic acid, Sodium sorbate, Potassium sorbate, Calcium sorbate, Annatto extracts, Sulphur dioxide, Sodium sulphite, Potassium sulphite