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Test Method for Food Additive Specification — Annex A General Test Method
Local Title:
食品添加物規格檢驗方法-附錄A一般試驗法
Country/Region:
Taiwan, China
Competent Authority:
Food and Drug Administration
Type:
Regulation
Status:
In force
Release Date:
2025-11-13
Implementation Date:
2025-11-13
Applicable Scope:
Food additive
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Summary

This regulation applies to general test method of food additives.

Contents:

  1. Chloride Limit Test

  2. Sulfate Limit Test

  3. Loss on Drying Test

  4. Residue on Ignition Test

  5. Loss on Ignition Test

  6. Readily Carbonizable Substances Test

  7. Heavy-Metals Limit Test

  8. Arsenic Limit Test

  9. Specific Gravity Determination

  10. Refractive Index Determination

  11. Optical Rotation Determination

  12. Melting-Temperature Determination

  13. Absorbance Determination

  14. Karl Fischer Water Determination

  15. Iron Limit Test

  16. Gas-Evolution Determination

  17. General Identification Tests

  18. Coal-Tar Color Test

  19. Coal-Tar Color Aluminum Lake Test

  20. Calcium Salt Quantification

  21. Fats and Oils Test Methods

  22. Nitrogen Determination

  23. Methoxyl Determination

  24. Lead Test (Atomic-Absorption Spectrophotometry)

  25. Insoluble-Matter Test

  26. Solidification Temperature Determination

  27. Boiling Temperature & Distillation Range Determination

  28. Spice Test Methods

  29. Infrared Absorption Spectrophotometry

  30. Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose Viscosity Determination

  31. Hydroxypropyl Determination

  32. Methylcellulose Viscosity Determination

  33. Selenium Limit Test

  34. Fluoride Limit Test

  35. Alcohols Determination

  36. Volatile Acids Determination

  37. Methanol Determination

  38. 1,4-Dioxane Determination

  39. Alginic Acid Quantification

  40. Sugar Alcohols Determination

  41. Reducing Sugars Determination

  42. Softening Temperature Test

  43. Gel Strength Determination

  44. Crude Fat Determination

  45. Sulfur Dioxide Determination

  46. Acetyl Groups Determination

  47. Propylene Chlorohydrin Determination

  48. Manganese Determination

  49. Phosphorus Determination

  50. Unsaponifiable Matter Determination

  51. Copper Test (Atomic-Absorption Spectrophotometry)

  52. Dimethylpolysiloxane Viscosity Determination

  53. Iron Test (Atomic-Absorption Spectrophotometry)

  54. Cadmium Test (Atomic-Absorption Spectrophotometry)

  55. Nickel Test (Atomic-Absorption Spectrophotometry)

  56. Zinc Test (Atomic-Absorption Spectrophotometry)

History
2025-11-13
Test Method for Food Additive Specification — Annex A General Test Method
In force
Release Date: 2025-11-13
Implementation Date : 2025-11-13
2021-11-05
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Release Date: 2021-11-05
Implementation Date : 2021-11-05
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