Schedule 3

THIRD SCHEDULERegulations 17(3) and 125(2)(b)Permitted Anti-oxidants

1. Subject to paragraph 2, the articles of food specified in column 1 of the following table may have in them or on them the anti-oxidant specified in relation thereto in column 2 in amounts not exceeding the number of parts per million specified in relation thereto in column 3:Column 1 Column 2 Column 3Specified Food Description of Anti-oxidant Parts per million (a)Anhydrous edible oils and fats, whether hardened or not, margarine, vitamin oils and concentrates containing not more than 100,000 I.U. of Vitamin A per gram Propyl gallate or Octyl gallate or Dodecyl gallate or any mixture thereof 100 or Butylated hydroxyanisole (B.H.A.) 200 or Butylated hydroxytoluene (B.H.T.) 200 or Tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) 200 or Ascorbyl palmitate 200 or Isopropyl citrate mixture (including monoisopropyl citrate) 100 or Any mixture of B.H.A. and B.H.T. 200(aa)Ghee Propyl gallate 100 or Butylated hydroxyanisole (B.H.A.) 175(b)Partial Gylcerol Esters Propyl gallate or Octyl gallate or Dodecyl gallate or any mixture thereof 100 or Butylated hydroxyanisole (B.H.A.) 200 or Butylated hydroxytoluene (B.H.T.) 200 or Tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) 200 or Ascorbyl palmitate 500 or Any mixture of B.H.A. and B.H.T. 200(c)Butter for manufacturing purposes Propyl gallate or Octyl gallate or Dodecyl gallate or any mixture thereof 80 or Tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) 160 or Butylated hydroxyanisole (B.H.A.) 160 or Butylated hydroxytoluene (B.H.T.) 160 or Ascorbyl palmitate 500 or Any mixture of B.H.A. and B.H.T. 160(d)Essential oils and isolates from the concentrates of essential oils Propyl gallate or Octyl gallate or Dodecyl gallate or any mixture thereof 100 or Butylated hydroxyanisole (B.H.A.) 200 or Butylated hydroxytoluene (B.H.T.) 200 or Tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) 200 or Ascorbyl palmitate 500 or Any mixture of B.H.A. and B.H.T. 200(e)Apples and pears Ethoxyquin 3(f)Preparations containing more than 100,000 I.U. of Vitamin A per gram Butylated hydroxyanisole (B.H.A.) 10 for each 1,000 I.U. of Vitamin A or Butylated hydroxytoluene (B.H.T.) 10 for each 1,000 I.U. of Vitamin A or Any mixture of B.H.A. and B.H.T. 10 for each 1,000 I.U. of Vitamin A(g)Dehydrated meat Butylated hydroxyanisole (B.H.A.) 200 or Propyl gallate 200(h)Breakfast cereals Butylated hydroxyanisole (B.H.A.) 200 (on a fat or oil basis) or Butylated hydroxytoluene (B.H.T.) 100 (on a fat or oil basis)

2. Butylated hydroxyanisole or butylated hydroxytoluene or mixtures thereof within the limits specified in this Schedule may be used in conjunction with propyl gallate or octyl gallate or dodecyl gallate or mixtures thereof within the limits specified in this Schedule, provided that the total amount of anti-oxidant shall not exceed, in the case of specified foods in items (a) and (b) 300 parts per million, in the case of specified foods in item (aa) 200 parts per million, in the case of specified foods in item (c) 240 parts per million and in the case of specified foods in item (d) 300 parts per million.

3. The articles of food specified in column 1 of the following table may have in them or on them rosemary extract in amounts not exceeding the number of parts per million specified in column 2:Column 1Column 2Specified FoodParts per million (expressed as sum of carnosol and carnosic acid)(a)Dehydrated meat150(b)Dried sausages100(c)Edible vegetable oils and fats, excluding olive oil50(d)Fish oil and algal oil50(e)Lard, beef fat, poultry fat, sheep fat and porcine fat50(f)Processed meat other than dried sausages: (i)with a fat content of 10% or less 15 (on a fat or oil basis)(ii)with a fat content of more than 10%150 (on a fat or oil basis)(g)Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures200 (on a fat or oil basis)(h)Sauces, gravies and dressings, and their mixes100 (on a fat or oil basis)(i)Snacks — potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)50 (on a fat or oil basis)(j)Vegetable, nut and seed spreads200 (on a fat or oil basis)[S 704/2020 wef 31/08/2020]