FOURTH SCHEDULE
Regulations 19(3)(b) and (c),
62(3), 63(3) and 66(3)
Part I
PERMITTED CLASS II CHEMICAL PRESERVATIVES
IN SELECTED FOODS
Selected Foods
Maximum amount of Chemical Preservative in Parts per Million
 
Chemical Preservative No. 1
2
3
4
5
6
 
Calculated as Sulphur dioxide
Benzoic acid
Methyl para-hydroxy benzoate
Sorbic acid
Sodium nitrite
Sodium nitrate
Beer
25
70
70
 
 
 
Bread
 
 
 
1,000
 
 
Cabbage, dehydrated
2,500
 
 
 
 
 
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
 
50
Cider
200
 
 
 
 
 
Coconut, dessicated
50
 
 
 
 
 
Cocktail (alcoholic)
120
400
 
 
 
 
Coffee (or coffee mixture or liquid extract)
 
450
450
 
 
 
Colouring matter, if in the form of a solution of a permitted colouring matter
 
2,000
2,000
1,000
 
 
Cooked molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms
 
2,000
 
2,000
 
 
Crustaceans, uncooked
100
(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 cream
100
1,000
 
1,000
 
 
Drinking chocolate concentrate
 
700
700
 
 
 
Fat spread
 
 
 
2,000
 
 
Fillings and toppings based on fat emulsion
 
1,000
 
1,000
 
 
Fillings and toppings (fruit or vegetable based)
350
800
800
450
 
 
Fish, smoked and cured
 
 
 
 
10
 
Flavouring emulsions or flavouring syrup
350
800
800
1,000
 
 
Flour confectionery
 
 
 
1,000
 
 
Flour, all types
200
 
 
 
 
 
Formulated nutritional bars
 
 
 
1,000
 
 
Fruits, crystallised, glace or drained
100
1,000
1,000
1,000
 
 
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 purposes
3,000
 
 
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
120
400
400
400
 
 
Fruit juices
120
400
400
400
 
 
Fruit juices, concentrate
350
800
800
1,000
 
 
Gelatin
750
 
 
 
 
 
Glucose drink containing solid contents not less than 23.5% (w/v) of glucose
120
400
400
400
 
 
Hamburgers and similar products
450
 
 
 
 
 
Herbs and spices
150
 
 
 
 
 
Jam, including preserves sold for dietetic purposes
100
500
500
1,000
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
125
500
Pectin, liquid
250
 
 
 
 
 
Perry
200
 
 
200
 
 
Pickles other than pickled vegetables that require washing before consumption
100
250
250
1,000
 
 
Pickled vegetables that require washing before consumption
100
1,000
1,000
1,000
 
 
Potatoes, raw, peeled
50
 
 
 
 
 
Potatoes, dehydrated
550
 
 
 
 
 
Salad dressing
300
750
250
1,000
 
 
Sauces
300
750
250
1,000
 
 
Sausages, or sausage meat
450
 
 
 
125
500
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 emulsion
1,000
2,000
2,000
1,000
 
 
Soft drinks for consumption before dilution
350
800
800
1,500
 
 
Soft drinks for consumption without dilution (other than fruit drink or fruit crush)
70
160
160
300
 
 
Starches, prepared
100
 
 
 
 
 
Starch, hydrolysed (solid)
70
 
 
 
 
 
Starch, hydrolysed (syrup) (including glucose syrup)
400
 
 
 
 
 
Sugar or sugar syrups, other than sugar or sugar syrups for manufacturing purposes
20
 
 
 
 
 
Sugar or sugar syrups for manufacturing purposes
70
 
 
 
 
 
Tomato pulp, paste or puree
350
800
800
 
 
 
Vegetables, dehydrated (other than cabbage or potato)
2,000
 
 
 
 
 
Vinegar
200
 
 
 
 
 
Vinegar, imitation, artificial
70
 
 
 
 
 
Wine (including alcoholic cordials)
300
 
 
200
 
 
Yoghurt, fruits
60
120
120
300
 
 
[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 II
PERMITTED CLASS III CHEMICAL PRESERVATIVES
IN SELECTED FOODS
Selected Foods
Maximum amount of dimethyl
dicarbonate in parts per million*
Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport”, “energy”, or “electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks
250
Ready-to-drink coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages (excluding cocoa)
250
Cider and perry
250
Grape wines
200
Wines (other than grape)
250
Mead
200
*Added level; residue of dimethyl dicarbonate not detected in the ready‑to‑eat food.
[S 493/2013 wef 01/08/2013]
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