Recently, Japan MHLW published the draft of the revised Ordinance for Enforcement of the Food Sanitation Act (MHLW Ordinance No.23-1948) and Specification and Standards for Food, Food Additives, etc. to approve the following four new food additives:
NO. | English Name | CAS No. | Requirements |
1 | Polyvinylprrolidone | 9003-39- 8 | Banned from use in foods with unusual forms, such as capsule, troche, etc. |
2 | Advantame | 714229-20-6 | / |
3 | β-Apo-8’-carotenal | 1107-26-2 | Banned to be added in foods, including kelp, meat, fish and shellfish (including whalemeat), tea, laver, bean, vegetable and undaria pinnatifida |
4 | Sunflower Lecithin | 8002-43-5 | Refer to the specification and standard for lecithin |
Food additives are categorized into four types in Japan, including designated food additives, existing food additives, natural flavorings and substances which are generally regarded as food and used as food additives. At the end of 2013, there were 438 designated additives, 365 existing additives, approximately 600 natural flavorings and about 100 of the last category.
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