✨ Food Standards Specifications
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(g) the Merck Index, 15th Edition, (2013);
(h) the Code of Federal Regulations;
(i) the Specifications and Standards for Food Additives, 8th Edition (2007), Ministry of Health and Welfare (Japan); or
(j) the International Oenological Codex (2013), Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin (OIV).
S3—4 Additional and supplementary requirements
If there is no relevant specification under section S3—2 or S3—3, or if the monographs referred to in those sections do not contain a specification for identity and purity of a substance relating to arsenic or heavy metals, the specification is that the substance must not contain on a dry weight basis more than:
(a) 2 mg/kg of lead; or
(b) 1 mg/kg of arsenic; or
(c) 1 mg/kg of cadmium; or
(d) 1 mg/kg of mercury.
S3—5 Specifications for advantame
For advantame, the specifications are:
(a) purity, using the analytical methodology indicated:
(i) assay:
(A) specification—not less than 97.0% and not more than 102.0% on anhydrous basis; and
(B) analytical methodology—high pressure liquid chromatography; and
(ii) specific rotation [α] 20 D:
(A) specification—between -45° and -38°; and
(B) analytical methodology—Japanese Pharmacopeia; and
(iii) advantame-acid:
(A) specification—not more than 1.0%; and
(B) analytical methodology—HPLC; and
(iv) total other related substances:
(A) specification—not more than 1.5%; and
(B) analytical methodology—HPLC; and
(v) water:
(A) specification—not more than 5.0%; and
(B) analytical methodology—Karl Fischer coulometric titration; and
(vi) residue on ignition:
(A) specification—no more than 0.2%; and
(B) analytical methodology—Japanese Pharmacopeia; and
(b) residual solvents, using gas chromatography:
(i) methyl acetate—no more than 500 mg/kg; and
(ii) isopropyl acetate—no more than 2 000 mg/kg; and
(iii) methanol—no more than 500 mg/kg; and
(iv) 2-Propanol—no more than 500 mg/kg.
S3—6 Specification for agarose ion exchange resin
(1) This specification relates to agarose, cross-linked and alkylated with epichlorohydrin and propylene oxide, then derivatised with tertiary amine groups whereby the amount of epichlorohydrin plus propylene oxide does not exceed 250% by weight of the starting amount of agarose.
(2) The resins are limited to use in aqueous process streams for the removal of proteins and polyphenols from beer. The pH range for the resins shall be no less than 2 and no more than 5, and the temperatures of water and food passing through the resin bed shall not exceed 2°C. pH and temperature restrictions do not apply to cleaning processes.
(3) When subjected to the extraction regime listed in the 21 CFR § 173.25(c)(4), but using dilute hydrochloric acid
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