Foodmate News: On July 10, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea (MFDS) issued a notice No. 2020-59, amending part of the " Food Additives Code", the main contents are as follows:

1. Expand the scope of certification of natural sources of propionic acid in the general principles of food additives.

2. Modify the composition specifications of three food additives including beeswax: increase the CAS number of beeswax, modify the content requirement of sorbitol solution to be consistent with international standards such as CODEX, and modify the name of sodium chloride in the definition of saccharin sodium preparation to be consistent with the type of food in the Food Code.

3. Revise the composition specification test method of 47 kinds of food additives such as guar gum and 5 general test methods.

4. Amend the use standards of 24 food additives, such as manganese gluconate: According to the amendments to the Food Code, modify the use standards of 11 food additives, such as manganese gluconate in the Food Additives Code. For the specifications of edible sea salt to be consistent with the Food Code, the usage standards of three kinds of food additives, such as sodium ferrocyanide, are revised. According to the regulation that allow the use of sorbic acid in mayonnaise, the usage standards of the combination of four kinds of food additives, such as benzoic acid, in mayonnaise are revised. Amend the type of food that is repeated in the standard for the use of six food additives such as sodium metabisulfite

5. Amend the name of the "Electronic Supplies Safety Management Law" cited in the Code to "Electronic Supplies and Daily Necessities Safety Management Law."

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