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On November 21, 2024, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration announced to revise the Appendix 1 of Article 2 in the Standards for Specification, Scope, Application and Limitation of Food Additives. Any comments can be submitted within 60 days following the announcement.
Key proposed amendments:
1. Revisions to Food Additive Names
The draft proposes changes to the Chinese and/or English names of Trisodium Phosphate and other nine food additives.
2. Updates to Scope and Application Standards for Carnauba Wax
Item | Scope | Application Standards | Limitations |
Carnauba Wax | Candy and chocolate | ≤500 mg/kg | Surface treatment only |
Chewing gum | ≤1200 mg/kg | ||
Capsule and tablet foods | ≤200 mg/kg | ||
Fresh fruits (e.g., citrus, melons, apples, pears, peaches, pineapples, pomegranates, mangoes, avocados, papayas) | ≤200 mg/kg |
3. Revised Application Standards for 19 Magnesium-Containing Nutritional Additives
Examples
Item | Scope | Application Standards | Limitations |
Magnesium Sulfate | General food (Requirements for use in infant (complementary) food remain unchanged.) | Daily total magnesium intake ≤350 mg. For foods without daily dosage labeling, the magnesium in every 300g of food should be ≤350 mg | For supplementing purpose |
Magnesium Oxide | General food (Requirements for use in infant (complementary) food remain unchanged.) | Daily total magnesium intake ≤350 mg. For foods without daily dosage labeling, the magnesium in every 300g of food should be ≤350 mg | For supplementing purpose |
Magnesium Gluconate | Foods in capsule or tablet form (Requirements for use special dietary food remain unchanged.) | Daily total magnesium intake ≤350 mg. | For supplementing purpose |
4. New Scope and Application Standards for Sodium Selenite and Magnesium Citrate
Item | Scope | Application Standards | Limitations |
Sodium Selenite | Premature infant (complementary) foods | Daily Selenium intake ≤20 µg | For supplementing purpose |
Magnesium Citrate | Premature infant (complementary) foods | Daily Magnesium intake ≤40 mg | For supplementing purpose |
5. Updates to Scope and Application Standards for 11 Molybdenum-Containing Nutritional Additives
Examples
Item | Scope | Application Standards | Limitations |
Sodium Molybdate Anhydrous | Adult dietary supplements (Requirements for use special dietary food remain unchanged） | Daily Molybdenum intake ≤200 µg | For supplementing purpose |
Ammonium Molybdate (Ⅵ) | Adult dietary supplements | Daily Molybdenum intake ≤200 µg | For supplementing purpose |
Molybdenum Bisglycinate | Adult dietary supplements | Daily Molybdenum intake ≤200 µg | For supplementing purpose |
6. Introduced Requirements for 8 Flavoring Agents
Examples
Item | Scope and Application Standards | Limitations |
Acetals, Ketals | All foods: as practically needed. | Limited to substances generally recognized as safe (GRAS). |
Nitrogen heterocyclics | All foods: as practically needed. | Quinine: ≤85 mg/kg in beverages. Others: GRAS only. |
Natural flavors that have not been purified for specific chemicals | Beverage: requirements specified in limitation Other foods: as practically needed.
| When used in beverages, the specific chemical substances introduced by natural flavors are subject to the following limits: Agaric acid: 20mg/kg Aloin: 0.10 mg/kg β-Asarone: 0.10 mg/kg Berberine: 0.10 mg/kg Coumarin: 2.0 mg/kg Total Hydrocyanic Acid: 1.0 mg/kg Hypericine: 0.10 mg/kg Pulegone: 100 mg/kg Quassine: 5 mg/kg Quinine: 85 mg/kg Safrole: 1.0 mg/kg Santonin: 0.10 mg/kg Thujones, α and β: 0.5 mg/kg |
Notes:
Beverages containing both Nitrogen heterocyclics (quinine) and natural flavors introducing quinine must not exceed a total quinine limit of 85 mg/kg
Synthetic flavoring substances as Styrene, Eugenyl methyl ether and Pyridine are not permitted for use in food.
“All foods” mentioned in the table do not include fresh milk and sterilized milk.
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