Food additives to be used in foods

The Draft Amendment of Standards for Scope, Application and Limitation of Food Additives

The TFDA is proposing:

1.    Developed articles of Standards for Scope, Application and Limitation of Food Additives;

2.    Establishment of food category system in standards for scope, application and limitation of food additives. Amendment of the functional groups of food additives;

3.    Shift of standards for scope, application and limitation of Microcrystalline Cellulose, Powdered Cellulose, Carob Bean Gum, Guar Gum, Tragacanth Gum, Gum Arabic, Karaya Gum, Tara Gum, Pectins, Pullulan from food ingredients;

4.    Shift of food additives of Casein, Sodium Caseinate and Calcium Caseinate to food ingredients;

5.    Establishment of standards for scope, application and limitation of Nitrogen, Nitrous Oxide and Carbon dioxide; Establishment and amendment of standards for scope, application and limitation of Phosphates, Ethylene Diamine Tetera Acetates, Acetic and Fatty Acid Esters of Glycerol, Sucrose Acetate Isobutyrate, Alums, Sodium Aluminium Phosphate, Acidic, Aluminium Sulfate and Propionates.