Proposed amendments to the Standards and Specifications for Food Additives

The Republic of Korea is proposing to amend the "Standards and Specifications for the Food Additives":
1) The synonym and INS No. for sucrose esters of fatty acids are added;
2) The definition of natural flavouring substances is revised, to include the microbiological or enzymatic processes as the manufacture method of natural flavouring substances;
3) 114 compounds for the synthetic flavouring substances are newly allowed;
4) The standards for the use of the following 10 food additives are revised:
Gold leaf, Sorbic acid, Potassium sorbate, Calcium sorbate, Sodium Metabisulfite, Potassium Metabisulfite, Sulfur Dioxide, Sodium Bisulfite, Sodium Sulfite, Sodium Hydrosulfite.