Food Standards Amendment




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 50 — 8 MAY 2015

Substance | Maximum permitted level

         | (mg/kg)

-------------|-------------------------
Sodium fluorosilicate (Sodium silicofluoride) (only in water used as an ingredient in other foods) | 1.5 (as fluoride)
Sodium glucoheptonate | 0.08 (measured as cyanide)
Sodium gluconate | GMP
Sodium humate | GMP
Sodium hypochlorite | 5 (available chlorine)
Sodium lignosulphonate | GMP
Sodium metabisulphite | GMP
Sodium nitrate | 50 (as nitrate)
Sodium polymethacrylate | 2.5
Sodium sulphite (neutral or alkaline) | GMP
Styrene-divinylbenzene cross-linked copolymer | 0.02 (as styrene)
Sulphonated copolymer of styrene and divinylbenzene | GMP
Sulphonated terpolymers of styrene, divinylbenzene acrylonitrile and methyl acrylate | GMP
Sulphite modified cross-linked phenol-formaldehyde | GMP
Tannin powder extract | GMP
Tetrasodium ethylene diamine tetraacetate | GMP
Zinc sulphate | GMP

S18—7 Permitted bleaching, washing and peeling agents—various foods

For section 1.3.3—9, the substances, foods and maximum permitted levels are:

Permitted bleaching, washing and peeling agents (section 1.3.3—9)

| Substance | Food | Maximum permitted level
| | (mg/kg)
-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------
Benzoyl peroxide | All foods | 40 (measured as benzoic acid)
Bromo-chloro-dimethylhydantoin | All foods | 1.0 (available chlorine)
| | 1.0 (inorganic bromide)
| | 2.0 (dimethylhydantoin)
Calcium hypochlorite | All foods | 1.0 (available chlorine)
Chlorine | All foods | 1.0 (available chlorine)
Chlorine dioxide | All foods | 1.0 (available chlorine)
Diammonium hydrogen orthophosphate | All foods | GMP
Dibromo-dimethylhydantoin | All foods | 2.0 (inorganic bromide)
| | 2.0 (dimethylhydantoin)
2-Ethylhexyl sodium sulphate | All foods | 0.7
Hydrogen peroxide | All foods | 5
Iodine | Fruits, vegetables and eggs | GMP
Oxides of nitrogen | All foods | GMP
| | 141



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🏥 Schedule 18 - Processing Aids - Food Standards (Proposal P1025 - Code Revision) Variation—Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Amendment No. 154 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
25 March 2015
Food standards, Processing aids, Water treatment, Sodium fluorosilicate, Sodium glucoheptonate, Sodium gluconate, Sodium humate, Sodium hypochlorite, Sodium lignosulphonate, Sodium metabisulphite, Sodium nitrate, Sodium polymethacrylate, Sodium sulphite, Styrene-divinylbenzene cross-linked copolymer, Sulphonated copolymer of styrene and divinylbenzene, Sulphonated terpolymers of styrene, divinylbenzene acrylonitrile and methyl acrylate, Sulphite modified cross-linked phenol-formaldehyde, Tannin powder extract, Tetrasodium ethylene diamine tetraacetate, Zinc sulphate