Proposed amendments to the Standards and Specifications for Food Additives

Regular notification 2019-09-23
G/SPS/N/KOR/661

Description

The Republic of Korea is proposing to amend the "Standards and Specifications for the Food Additives":
1) The standards and specifications of the following food additive are newly established:
Ammonia (as an acidity regulator, manufacturing agent);
2) Test methods of specifications for the following 12 food additives are revised:
Sodium metaphosphate, Sodium bisulfite, Smoke flavours, Cyclodextrin, Cyclodextrin syrup, Sodium nitrite, Sodium sulfite, Sodium hypochlorite, Hypochlorous acid water, Calcium hypochlorite, Tannic acid, Oleoresin paprika.

Keywords

Food safety; Human health; Food additives