ARCHIVED - 12. List of Permitted Sequestering Agents (Lists of Permitted Food Additives)
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This List of Permitted Sequestering Agents sets out authorized food additives that are used to control the availability of cations. It is incorporated by reference in the Marketing Authorization for Food Additives That May Be Used as Sequestering Agents.
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Date Issued: 2012-10-30
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| Item No. | Column 1 Additive |
Column 2 Permitted in or Upon |
Column 3 Maximum Level of Use and Other Conditions |
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| A.1 | Ammonium Citrate, dibasic | Unstandardized foods | Good Manufacturing Practice |
| A.2 | Ammonium Citrate, monobasic | Unstandardized foods | Good Manufacturing Practice |
| C.1 | Calcium Citrate | Unstandardized foods | Good Manufacturing Practice |
| C.2 | Calcium Disodium Ethylenediaminetetraacetate (Calcium Disodium EDTA) |
(1) Ale; Beer; Malt liquor; Porter; Stout |
(1) 25 p.p.m. calculated as the anhydrous form |
| (2) French dressing; Mayonnaise; Salad dressing; Unstandardized dressings; Unstandardized sauces |
(2) 75 p.p.m. calculated as the anhydrous form |
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| (3) Potato salad; Unstandardized sandwich spreads |
(3) 100 p.p.m. calculated as the anhydrous form |
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| (4) Canned shrimp; Canned tuna |
(4) 250 p.p.m. calculated as the anhydrous form |
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| (5) Canned crabmeat; Canned lobster; Canned salmon |
(5) 275 p.p.m. calculated as the anhydrous form |
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| (6) Margarine |
(6) 75 p.p.m. calculated as the anhydrous form |
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| (7) Canned clams |
(7) 340 p.p.m. calculated as the anhydrous form |
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| (8) Canned legumes except canned green beans, canned peas and canned wax beans |
(8) 365 p.p.m. calculated as the anhydrous form in accordance with the requirements of B.11.002 |
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| (9) Canned sea snails; Canned snails |
(9) 300 p.p.m. calculated as the anhydrous form |
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| (10) Ready-to-drink teas; Soft drinks |
(10) 33 p.p.m. calculated as the anhydrous form |
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| (11) Pasteurized sous-vide potatoes |
(11) 100 p.p.m., singly or in combination with disodium EDTA, calculated as the anhydrous disodium EDTA form |
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| (12) Beans; Beans with pork |
(12) 365 p.p.m. calculated as the anhydrous form |
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| C.3 | Repealed SOR/2012-43, s. 43 | ||
| C.4 | Calcium Phosphate, monobasic | (1) Ice cream mix; Ice milk mix; Sherbet |
(1) Good Manufacturing Practice |
| (2) Unstandardized dairy products |
(2) Good Manufacturing Practice |
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| C.5 | Calcium Phosphate, tribasic | Ice cream mix; Ice milk mix | Good Manufacturing Practice |
| C.6 | Calcium Phytate | Glazed fruit | Good Manufacturing Practice |
| C.7 | Citric Acid | (1) Pumping pickle, cover pickle and dry cure employed in the curing of preserved meat or preserved meat by-product |
(1) Good Manufacturing Practice |
| (2) Unstandardized foods |
(2) Good Manufacturing Practice |
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| (3) Frozen clams; Frozen crab; Frozen crustaceans; Frozen fish; Frozen fish fillets; Frozen lobster; Frozen marine mammals; Frozen minced fish; Frozen molluscs; Frozen shrimp; Glaze of frozen fish; Prepared fish or prepared meat (Division 21) except in the case of frozen pre-cooked battered or breaded fish products; Preserved fish or preserved meat (Division 21); Other Frozen marine invertebrates |
(3) Good Manufacturing Practice |
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| (4) Frozen pre-cooked battered or breaded fish products |
(4) 0.1% in accordance with the requirements of section B.21.006 |
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| D.1 | Disodium Ethylenediaminetetraacetate (Disodium EDTA) |
(1) Dressing and sauces |
(1) 70 p.p.m. |
| (2) Unstandardized sandwich spreads |
(2) 90 p.p.m |
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| (3) Canned legumes except canned green beans, canned peas and canned wax beans |
(3) 165 p.p.m. in accordance with the requirements of B.11.002 |
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| (4) Dried banana products |
(4) 265 p.p.m |
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| (5) Aqueous suspensions of colour lake preparations for use in coating confectionery tablets |
(5) 1% of the colour preparation |
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| (6) Pasteurized sous-vide potatoes |
(6) 100 p.p.m., singly or in combination with calcium disodium EDTA, calculated as anhydrous disodium EDTA |
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| (7) Edible coating for sausages |
(7) 80 p.p.m. in the edible coating, calculated on the basis of the whole sausage |
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| (8) Beans; Beans with pork |
(8) 165 p.p.m |
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| D.2 | Repealed, SOR/2012-43, s. 45 | ||
| G.1 | Glycine | Mono- and diglycerides | 0.02% |
| P.1 | Phosphoric Acid | Mono- and diglycerides | 0.02% |
| P.2 | Potassium Phosphate, monobasic | (1) Ice cream mix; Ice milk mix; Sherbet |
(1) Good Manufacturing Practice |
| (2) Unstandardized foods |
(2) Good Manufacturing Practice |
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| (3) Prepared poultry meat; Prepared poultry meat by-product; Prepared meat; Prepared meat by-product; Solid cut meat; Solid cut poultry meat; |
(3) 0.5% total added phosphate, calculated as sodium phosphate, dibasic |
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| P.3 | Potassium Pyrophosphate, tetrabasic | (1) Meat tenderizers |
(1) Good Manufacturing Practice |
| (2) Prepared poultry meat; Prepared poultry meat by-product; Prepared meat; Prepared meat by-product; Solid cut meat; Solid cut poultry meat; |
(2) 0.5% total added phosphate, calculated as sodium phosphate, dibasic |
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| P.4 | Potassium Phosphate, dibasic | Prepared poultry meat; Prepared poultry meat by-product; Prepared meat; Prepared meat by-product; Solid cut meat; Solid cut poultry meat; | 0.5% total added phosphate, calculated as sodium phosphate, dibasic |
| S.1 | Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate | (1) Canned seafoods |
(1) Used singly or in combination with sodium hexametaphosphate or sodium tripolyphosphate, or both, total added phosphate not to exceed 0.5% calculated as sodium phosphate, dibasic |
| (2) Ice cream mix; Ice milk mix |
(2) Good Manufacturing Practice |
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| (3) Injection or cover solution for the curing of poultry or poultry meat |
(3) Good Manufacturing Practice, and in accordance with B.22.021(e) |
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| (4) Pumping pickle for the curing of pork, beef and lamb cuts |
(4) Good Manufacturing Practice, and in accordance with B.14.009(f) and B.14.031(h) |
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| (5) Unstandardized foods |
(5) Good Manufacturing Practice |
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| (6) Prepared poultry meat; Prepared poultry meat by-product; Prepared meat; Prepared meat by-product; Solid cut meat; Solid cut poultry meat; |
(6) 0.5% total added phosphate, calculated as sodium phosphate, dibasic |
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| S.2 | Sodium Citrate | (1) Ice cream mix; Ice milk mix; Pumping pickle, cover pickle and dry cure employed in the curing of preserved meat or preserved meat by-product; Sherbet |
(1) Good Manufacturing Practice |
| (2) Unstandardized foods |
(2) Good Manufacturing Practice |
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| (3) Frozen clams; Frozen crab; Frozen crustaceans; Frozen fish; Frozen fish fillets; Frozen lobster; Frozen marine mammals; Frozen minced fish; Frozen molluscs; Frozen shrimp; Glaze of frozen fish; Prepared fish or prepared meat (Division 21); Preserved fish or preserved meat (Division 21); Other Frozen marine invertebrates |
(3) Good Manufacturing Practice |
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| S.3 | Sodium Hexametaphosphate | (1) Canned seafoods |
(1) Used singly or in combination with sodium acid pyrophosphate or sodium tripolyphosphate, or both, total added phosphate not to exceed 0.5% calculated as sodium phosphate, dibasic |
| (2) Ice cream mix; Ice milk mix |
(2) Good Manufacturing Practice |
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| (3) Injection or cover solution for the curing of poultry or poultry meat |
(3) Good Manufacturing Practice, and in accordance with B.22.021(e) |
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| (4) Pumping pickle for the curing of pork, beef and lamb cuts |
(4) Good Manufacturing Practice, and in accordance with B.14.009(f) and B.14.031(h) |
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| (5) Unstandardized foods |
(5) Good Manufacturing Practice |
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| (6) Prepared poultry meat; Prepared poultry meat by-product; Prepared meat; Prepared meat by-product; Solid cut meat; Solid cut poultry meat |
(6) 0.5% total added phosphate, calculated as sodium phosphate, dibasic |
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| (7) Liquid whey destined for the manufacture of concentrated or dried whey products |
(7) 800 p.p.m. in the concentrated or dried whey products |
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| S.4 | Sodium Phosphate, dibasic | (1) Ice cream mix; Ice milk mix; Sherbet |
(1) Good Manufacturing Practice |
| (2) Injection or cover solution for the curing of poultry or poultry meat |
(2) Good Manufacturing Practice, and in accordance with B.22.021(e) |
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| (3) Pumping pickle for the curing of pork, beef and lamb cuts |
(3) Good Manufacturing Practice, and in accordance with B.14.009(f) and B.14.031(h) |
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| (4) Unstandardized foods |
(4) Good Manufacturing Practice |
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| (5) Prepared poultry meat; Prepared poultry meat by-product; Prepared meat; Prepared meat by-product; Solid cut meat; Solid cut poultry meat |
(5) 0.5% total added phosphate, calculated as sodium phosphate, dibasic |
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| S.5 | Sodium Phosphate, monobasic | (1) Ice cream mix; Ice milk mix; Sherbet |
(1) Good Manufacturing Practice |
| (2) Injection or cover solution for the curing of poultry or poultry meat |
(2) Good Manufacturing Practice, and in accordance with B.22.021(e) |
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| (3) Pumping pickle for the curing of pork, beef and lamb cuts |
(3) Good Manufacturing Practice, and in accordance with B.14.009(f) and B.14.031(h) |
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| (4) Unstandardized foods |
(4) Good Manufacturing Practice |
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| (5) Prepared poultry meat; Prepared poultry meat by-product; Prepared meat; Prepared meat by-product; Solid cut meat; Solid cut poultry meat |
(5) 0.5% total added phosphate, calculated as sodium phosphate, dibasic |
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| S.6 | Sodium Pyrophosphate, tetrabasic | (1) Ice cream mix; Ice milk mix; Sherbet |
(1) Good Manufacturing Practice |
| (2) Meat tenderizers |
(2) Good Manufacturing Practice |
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| (3) Injection or cover solution for the curing of poultry or poultry meat |
(3) Good Manufacturing Practice, and in accordance with B.22.021(e) |
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| (4) Pumping pickle for the curing of pork, beef and lamb cuts |
(4) Good Manufacturing Practice, and in accordance with B.14.009(f) and B.14.031(h) |
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| (5) Unstandardized foods |
(5) Good Manufacturing Practice |
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| (6) Prepared poultry meat; Prepared poultry meat by-product; Prepared meat; Prepared meat by-product; Solid cut meat; Solid cut poultry meat |
(6) 0.5% total added phosphate, calculated as sodium phosphate, dibasic |
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| S.7 | Sodium Tripolyphosphate | (1) Injection or cover solution for the curing of poultry or poultry meat |
(1) Good Manufacturing Practice, and in accordance with B.22.021(e) |
| (2) Meat tenderizers |
(2) Good Manufacturing Practice |
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| (3) Pumping pickle for the curing of pork, beef and lamb cuts |
(3) Good Manufacturing Practice, and in accordance with B.14.009(f) and B.14.031(h) |
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| (4) Unstandardized foods |
(4) Good Manufacturing Practice |
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| (5) Prepared poultry meat; Prepared poultry meat by-product; Prepared meat; Prepared meat by-product; Solid cut meat; Solid cut poultry meat |
(5) 0.5% total added phosphate, calculated as sodium phosphate, dibasic |
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| (6) Canned seafoods |
(6) Used singly or in combination with sodium acid pyrophosphate or sodium hexametaphosphate, or both, total added phosphate not to exceed 0.5% calculated as sodium phosphate, dibasic |
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| S.8 | Stearyl Citrate | Margarine | 0.01% of the fat content. If citric acid esters of mono- and di-glycerides, monoglyceride citrate or monoisopropyl citrate, singly or in combination, is also used, the total must not exceed 0.01% of the fat content |
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