Nisin

INS: 234

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.4.3

Clotted cream

10 mg/kg

Note 28

6

01.6.1

Unripened cheese

12.5 mg/kg

Note 28

6

01.6.2

Ripened cheese

12.5 mg/kg

Note 28

6

01.6.3

Whey cheese

12.5 mg/kg

Note 28

6

01.6.4

Processed cheese

250 mg/kg

Note 28

6

01.6.5

Cheese analogues

12.5 mg/kg

Note 28

6

01.6.6

Whey protein cheese

12.5 mg/kg

Note 28

6

04.2.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables

GMP

Note 28

6

06.5

Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)

3 mg/kg

Note 28

6

07.2

Fine bakery wares

250 mg/kg

Note 28

6

12.5.1

Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen

GMP

Note 28

6

Sodium Nitrate

INS: 251

Potassium Nitrate

INS: 252

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.6

Cheese

37 mg/kg

Note 30

6

08.1

Fresh meat, poultry, and game

146 mg/kg

Note 30

6

08.2.1.1

Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

1598 mg/kg

Note 30

6

08.2.1.2

Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

365 mg/kg

Note 30

6

08.2.1.3

Fermented non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

365 mg/kg

Note 30

6

08.2.2

Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

365 mg/kg

Note 30

6

08.2.3

Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

218 mg/kg

Note 30

6

08.3.1.1

Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

1254 mg/kg

Note 30

6

08.3.1.2

Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

365 mg/kg

Note 30

6

08.3.1.3

Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

365 mg/kg

Note 30

6

08.3.2

Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

365 mg/kg

Note 30

6

08.3.3

Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

365 mg/kg

Note 30

6

08.4

Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)

146 mg/kg

Note 30

6

09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

365 mg/kg

Notes 22 & 30

6

09.3

Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

218 mg/kg

Note 30

6

14.2.6.2

Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol

73 mg/kg

Notes 30 & 31

6

Potassium Nitrite

INS: 249

Sodium Nitrite

INS: 250

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.6.1

Unripened cheese

17 mg/kg

Note 32

6

01.6.2

Ripened cheese

17 mg/kg

Note 32

6

01.6.3

Whey cheese

17 mg/kg

Note 32

6

01.6.4

Processed cheese

17 mg/kg

Note 32

6

01.6.5

Cheese analogues

34 mg/kg

Notes 32 & 36

6

01.6.6

Whey protein cheese

17 mg/kg

Note 32

6

08.1

Fresh meat, poultry, and game

134 mg/kg

Note 32

6

08.2.1.1

Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

416 mg/kg

Note 32

6

08.2.1.2

Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

134 mg/kg

Note 32

6

08.2.1.3

Fermented non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

134 mg/kg

Note 32

6

08.2.2

Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

167 mg/kg

Notes 32 & 36

6

08.2.3

Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

167 mg/kg

Notes 32 & 36

6

08.3

Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

134 mg/kg

Note 32

6

08.4

Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)

134 mg/kg

Note 32

6

09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

50 mg/kg

Notes 32 & 36

6

09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

134 mg/kg

Notes 22 & 32

6

09.3.3

Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products

5 mg/kg

Notes 32 & 36

6

Nitrogen

INS: 941

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.1.1

Milk and buttermilk

GMP

Note 59

6

01.2

Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks)

GMP

Note 59

6

01.4.1

Pasteurized cream

GMP

Note 59

6

04.1.1

Fresh fruit

GMP

Note 59

6

04.2.2.1

Frozen vegetables

GMP

Note 59

6

09.1

Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 59

6

09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 59

6

14.1.5

Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa

GMP

Note 59

6

14.2.3

Wines

GMP

Note 59

6

Nitrous Oxide

INS: 942

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.1.1

Milk and buttermilk

GMP

6

01.2.1.1

Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation

GMP

6

01.4.1

Pasteurized cream

GMP

6

01.4.2

Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams

GMP

6

02.1.2

Vegetable oils and fats

GMP

6

02.1.3

Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats

GMP

6

02.2.1.1

Butter and concentrated butter

GMP

Note 52

6

04.1.1.1

Untreated fresh fruit

GMP

6

04.1.1.3

Peeled or cut fresh fruit

GMP

6

04.2.1.1

Untreated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds

GMP

6