Schedule 4

FOURTH SCHEDULERegulations 19(3)(b) and (c),62(3), 63(3) and 66(3)Part IPERMITTED CLASS II CHEMICAL PRESERVATIVESIN SELECTED FOODSSelected FoodsMaximum amount of Chemical Preservative in Parts per Million Chemical Preservative No. 123456 Calculated as Sulphur dioxideBenzoic acidMethyl para-hydroxy benzoateSorbic acidSodium nitriteSodium nitrateBeer257070 Bread 1,000 Cabbage, dehydrated2,500 Candied peel or cut and drained (syruped) peel 100 Canned abalone (paua)1,000 Cheese (excluding processed cheese and ripened cheese) 1,000 Cheese, processed 3,000 Cheese, ripened 1,000 50Cider200 Coconut, dessicated50 Cocktail (alcoholic)120400 Coffee (or coffee mixture or liquid extract) 450450 Colouring matter, if in the form of a solution of a permitted colouring matter 2,0002,0001,000 Cooked molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms 2,000 2,000 Crustaceans, uncooked100(in the edible portion) Custard fillings and toppings (egg-based) 1,000 1,000 Decorations (icings and frostings), non‑fruit fillings and toppings, and sweet sauces 1,500 1,000 Desserts, fruit based, milk and cream1001,000 1,000 Drinking chocolate concentrate 700700 Fat spread 2,000 Fillings and toppings based on fat emulsion 1,000 1,000 Fillings and toppings (fruit or vegetable based)350800800450 Fish, smoked and cured 10 Flavouring emulsions or flavouring syrup3508008001,000 Flour confectionery 1,000 Flour, all types200 Formulated nutritional bars 1,000 Fruits, crystallised, glace or drained 100 1,0001,0001,000 Fruits, dried (apples, apricots, figs, nectarines, peaches, pears, prunes, raisins) 2,000 1,000 Fruits (fresh, whole and unpeeled, except longans and lychees)30 Fruit or fruit pulp (other than tomato pulp) intended for manufacturing purposes3,000 1,000 Fruit (other than fresh fruit or fruit pulp not otherwise specified in this Table)350 800 800 1,000 Fruit drink or fruit crush 120400400400 Fruit juices 120400400400 Fruit juices, concentrate 3508008001,000 Gelatin 750 Glucose drink containing solid contents not less than 23.5% (w/v) of glucose 120400400400 Hamburgers and similar products450 Herbs and spices150 Jam, including preserves sold for dietetic purposes 1005005001,000 Jellyfish, seasoned 1,000 Longans (fresh, whole and unpeeled)50 Lychees (fresh, whole and unpeeled)50 Margarine 1,000 Marzipan and sweetened nut paste 1,000 Meat, canned, cured, pickled, salted or smoked whether cooked or uncooked 125500Pectin, liquid250 Perry200 200 Pickles other than pickled vegetables that require washing before consumption 1002502501,000 Pickled vegetables that require washing before consumption1001,0001,0001,000 Potatoes, raw, peeled50 Potatoes, dehydrated550 Salad dressing3007502501,000 Sauces 3007502501,000 Sausages, or sausage meat 450 125500 Semi‑preserved caviar and other fish roe products 2,000 1,000 Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms 2,000 2,000 Silicon anti-foam emulsion1,0002,0002,0001,000 Soft drinks for consumption before dilution3508008001,500 Soft drinks for consumption without dilution (other than fruit drink or fruit crush)70160160300 Starches, prepared100 Starch, hydrolysed (solid) 70 Starch, hydrolysed (syrup) (including glucose syrup)400 Sugar or sugar syrups, other than sugar or sugar syrups for manufacturing purposes20 Sugar or sugar syrups for manufacturing purposes70 Tomato pulp, paste or puree350800 800 Vegetables, dehydrated (other than cabbage or potato)2,000 Vinegar200 Vinegar, imitation, artificial70 Wine (including alcoholic cordials)300 200 Yoghurt, fruits60120120300 [S 152/2017 wef 01/04/2017][S 493/2013 wef 01/08/2013][S 146/2018 wef 28/03/2018][S 59/2019 wef 01/02/2019][S 704/2020 wef 31/08/2020]Part IIPERMITTED CLASS III CHEMICAL PRESERVATIVESIN SELECTED FOODSSelected FoodsMaximum amount of dimethyl dicarbonate in parts per million*Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport”, “energy”, or “electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks250Ready-to-drink coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages (excluding cocoa)250Cider and perry250Grape wines200Wines (other than grape)250Mead200*Added level; residue of dimethyl dicarbonate not detected in the ready‑to‑eat food.[S 493/2013 wef 01/08/2013]