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Food Additives  

Guide to Standard 1.3.1 - Food Additives

July 2001

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This guide looks at how the new food additives standard brings together the food additives that may be used in all foods into one generic standard.

The new food additives standard brings the food additives that may be used in all foods together into one generic standard that covers all foods. The maximum limits defined in the  Code, with amendments relevant for modern practices and scientific knowledge.

As previously, a food additive must not be added to a food unless expressly permitted by the Code.

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