β¨ Food Regulation
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maximum permitted level means the maximum amount of the processing aid which may be present in the food as specified in the Schedule.
processing aid means a substance listed in clauses 3 to 18, where β
(a) the substance is used in the processing of raw materials, foods or ingredients, to fulfil a technological purpose relating to treatment or processing, but does not perform a technological function in the final food; and
(b) the substance is used in the course of manufacture of a food at the lowest level necessary to achieve a function in the processing of that food, irrespective of any maximum permitted level specified.
2 General prohibition on the use of processing aids
Unless expressly permitted in this Standard, processing aids must not be added to food.
3 Generally permitted processing aids
The following processing aids may be used in the course of manufacture of any food at a level necessary to achieve a function in the processing of that food β
(a) foods, including water; and
(b) food additives listed in Schedule 2 of Standard 1.3.1; and
(c) a processing aid specified in the Table to this clause.
Table to clause 3
| Activated carbon |
|---|
| Aluminium stearate |
| Ammonia |
| Ammonium chloride |
| Ammonium hydroxide |
| Bone phosphate |
| Calcium stearate |
| Carbon monoxide |
| Diatomaceous earth |
| Ethoxylated fatty alcohols |
| Ethyl alcohol |
| Fatty acid polyalkylene glycol ester |
| Furcellaran |
| Hydrogenated glucose syrups |
| Isopropyl alcohol |
| Kaolin |
| Magnesium hydroxide |
| Magnesium stearate |
| Oleic acid |
| Oleyl oleate |
| Oxygen |
| Perlite |
| Phospholipids |
| Phosphoric acid |
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