Singapore Updates Food Additives and Maximum Residue Limits Regulations

Additive Name

Scope
 

Partially hydrolysed lecithin

permitted under good manufacturing practice

amidated pectin

Calcium L-methylfolate
 

source of folate

Phylloquinone
 

source of Vitamin K1

menaquinone-7
 

source of Vitamin K2

2'-fucosyllactose (2'-FL)

for use in infant formula at levels up to 120mg per 100ml

Lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT)

for use in infant formula at levels up to 60mg per 100ml

b) Extended application scope of food additives:
 

Additive Name
 

Extended Scope

Notes

Benzoic acid (and its sodium and potassium salts)

Semi-preserved caviar and other fish roe products

up to 2,000ppm and 1,000ppm, calculated as benzoic acid

Sorbic acid (and its sodium, potassium and calcium salts)

up to 2,000ppm and 1,000ppm, calculated as sorbic acid

Sodium, calcium and potassium salts of phosphoric acid

Permitted

emulsifiers and/or stabilisers

/

Sucralose

Cheese-based preparations

Up to 500ppm

c) Deleted provisions for food additives:
 

Name

Notes
 

Propyl para-hydroxybenzoate

No longer utilizable in food products

Sodium propyl para-hydroxybenzoate

d) Deleted maximum residue limits (MRLs)
 

Name

Notes
 

Aldrin

Will apply EMRLs established by the Codex Alimentarius Commission

DDT

Dieldrin

Endrin

Heptachlor

Lindane