Announcement by the Ministry of Health on Quality Standards of 14 Food Additives including Phosphate Double Starch

According to the "Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China" and 9 departments of the Ministry of Health, the "Circular on Strengthening the Supervision and Administration of Food Additives" (Weixuanfa [2009] No. 89) stipulated that, following review, 14 phosphate ester double starches were announced Food additive quality specifications.

Special announcement.

Ministry of Health

July 19, 2010

Quality specifications for 14 food additives such as phosphate double starch

First, phosphate double starch

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index

Loss on drying/(g/100g) ≤

Cereal starch: 15.0; potato starch: 21.0; other monomeric starch: 18.0

SO2 residue/(mg/kg) ≤

30

Heavy metal (in Pb)/(mg/kg) ≤

20

Lead/(mg/kg) ≤

1.0

Arsenic/(mg/kg) (calculated by As) ≤

0.5

Residue of phosphate (in P)/(%) ≤

Potato and wheat starch 0.5; other starch 0.4

Note: Use sodium trimetaphosphate or phosphorus oxychloride as esterification agent

Second, acetate starch

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index

Loss on drying/(%) ≤

Cereal starch: 15.0; potato starch: 21.0; other monomeric starch: 18.0

SO2 residue/(mg/kg) ≤

30

Heavy metal (in Pb)/(mg/kg) ≤

20

Lead/(mg/kg) ≤

1.0

Arsenic/(mg/kg) (calculated by As) ≤

0.5

Acetyl content / (%) ≤

2.5

Vinyl acetate / (mg/kg) ≤

(Only with vinyl acetate as esterification agent)

0.1

Note: When using *** as the esterification agent, the amount thereof should not exceed 8.0% (w/w, accounting for the dry base of starch). When using vinyl acetate as the esterification agent, the amount should not exceed 7.5% (w/w, Accounted for dry starch base).

Starch sodium octenyl succinate and aluminum octenyl succinate starch

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index

Loss on drying/(%) ≤

Cereal starch: 15.0; potato starch: 21.0; other monomeric starch: 18.0

SO2 residue/(mg/kg) ≤

30

Heavy metal (in Pb)/(mg/kg)≤

20

Arsenic/(mg/kg) (calculated by As) ≤

0.5

Lead/(mg/kg) ≤

1.0

Octenyl succinic acid group/(%) ≤

3.0

Residual octenyl succinic acid/(%) ≤

0.3

Note: When producing sodium starch octenyl succinate, the amount of octenyl succinic anhydride does not exceed 3.0% (based on dry starch, w/w); the amount of octenyl succinic anhydride is not used when producing aluminum octenyl succinate starch More than 2.0%, the amount of aluminum sulfate does not exceed 2.0% (both accounted for dry starch, w/w).

Fourth, oxidation of hydroxypropyl starch

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Loss on drying/(%) ≤

Cereal starch: 15.0; potato starch: 21.0; other monomeric starch: 18.0

SO2 residue/(mg/kg) ≤

30

Heavy metal (in Pb)/(mg/kg) ≤

20

Lead/(mg/kg) ≤

1.0

Arsenic/(mg/kg) (calculated by As) ≤

0.5

Chloropropanol/(mg/kg) ≤

1.0

Carboxyl content / (%) ≤

1.1

Hydroxypropyl content/(%) ≤

7.0

Note: Sodium hypochlorite is used as oxidant, the effective chlorine in the amount used is not more than 5.5% (based on dry starch, w/w), hydrogen peroxide is used as oxidant, and the amount of active oxygen in the amount used does not exceed 0.45% (based on dry starch , w/w); Using propylene oxide as an etherifying agent, the amount used does not exceed 25% (based on dry starch, w/w).

V. Carboxymethyl starch sodium

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index

Loss on drying/(%) ≤

10

SO2 residue/(mg/kg) ≤

30

Heavy metal (in Pb)/(mg/kg) ≤

20

Lead/(mg/kg) ≤

1.0

Arsenic/(mg/kg) (calculated by As) ≤

0.5

Chloride (in cl)/(%) ≤

0.43

Sulfate (in SO4)/(%) ≤

0.96

Note: Monochloroacetic acid is an etherifying agent.

Six, starch phosphate sodium

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index

Loss on drying/(%) ≤

Cereal starch: 15.0; potato starch: 21.0; other monomeric starch: 18.0

SO2 residue/(mg/kg) ≤

30

Heavy metal (in Pb)/(mg/kg) ≤

20

Lead/(mg/kg) ≤

1.0

Arsenic/(mg/kg) (calculated by As) ≤

0.5

Phosphate Residue (in P) / (%) ≤

Potato and wheat starch 0.5; other starch 0.4

Note: Esterification with orthophosphoric acid, sodium phosphate, potassium phosphate or sodium tripolyphosphate.

Seven, oxidized starch

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index

Loss on drying/(%) ≤

Cereal starch: 15.0; potato starch: 21.0; other monomeric starch: 18.0

SO2 residue/(mg/kg) ≤

30

Heavy metal (in Pb)/(mg/kg) ≤

20

Lead/(mg/kg) ≤

1.0

Arsenic/(mg/kg) (calculated by As) ≤

0.5

Carboxyl content / (%) ≤

1.1

Note: With sodium hypochlorite as oxidant, the effective chlorine in the use amount does not exceed 5.5% (based on dry starch, w/w).

Eight, acid-treated starch

project

index

Loss on drying/(%) ≤

Cereal starch: 15.0; potato starch: 21.0; other monomeric starch: 18.0

SO2 residue/(mg/kg) ≤

30

Heavy metal (in Pb)/(mg/kg) ≤

20

Lead/(mg/kg) ≤

1.0

Arsenic/(mg/kg) (calculated by As) ≤

0.5

Note: Use **, orthophosphoric acid or ** treatment.

Nine, acetylated double starch adipate

project

index

Loss on drying/(%) ≤

Cereal starch: 15.0; potato starch: 21.0; other monomeric starch: 18.0

SO2 residue/(mg/kg) ≤

30

Heavy metal (in Pb)/(mg/kg) ≤

20

Lead/(mg/kg) ≤

1.0

Arsenic/(mg/kg) (calculated by As) ≤

0.5

Acetyl content / (%) ≤

2.5

Adipate/(%) ≤

0.135

Note: Cross-linking with abietic anhydride (occurring in a quantity of not more than 0.12% w/w of starch dry basis), esterification (up to 8.0% w/w of starch dry basis).

Ten, hydroxypropyl starch

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index

Loss on drying/(%) ≤

Cereal starch: 15.0; potato starch: 21.0; other monomeric starch: 18.0

SO2 residue/(mg/kg) ≤

30

Heavy metal (in Pb)/(mg/kg)≤

20

Lead/(mg/kg) ≤

1.0

Arsenic/(mg/kg) (calculated by As) ≤

0.5

Chloropropanol/(mg/kg) ≤

1.0

Hydroxypropyl content/(%) ≤

7.0

Note: Propylene oxide is used as an etherifying agent (doses not more than 25% w/w of starch dry basis).

Phosphorylated starch phosphate

project

index

Loss on drying/(%) ≤

Cereal starch: 15.0; potato starch: 21.0; other monomeric starch: 18.0

SO2 residue/(mg/kg) ≤

30

Heavy metal (in Pb)/(mg/kg) ≤

20

Lead/(mg/kg) ≤

1.0

Arsenic/(mg/kg) (calculated by As) ≤

0.5

Phosphate Residue (in P) / (%) ≤

Potato and wheat starch 0.5; other starch 0.4

Note: Use sodium tripolyphosphate and sodium trimetaphosphate as esterification agents.

Twelve, acetylated starch phosphate

project

index

Loss on drying/(%) ≤

Cereal starch: 15.0; potato starch: 21.0; other monomeric starch: 18.0

SO2 residue/(mg/kg) ≤

30

Heavy metal (in Pb)/(mg/kg)≤

20

Lead/(mg/kg) ≤

1.0

Arsenic/(mg/kg) (calculated by As) ≤

0.5

Phosphate Residue (in P) / (%) ≤

Potato and wheat starch 0.14; other starch 0.04

Acetyl content / (%) ≤

2.5

Vinyl acetate residue/(mg/kg) ≤

(Only with vinyl acetate as esterification agent)

0.1

Note: When *** is used as esterification agent, its amount should not exceed 8.0% (w/w, accounted for dry starch), and when vinyl acetate is used as esterification agent, its amount should not exceed 7.5% (w/w, Accounted for dry starch base).

XIII. Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate

project

index

Loss on drying/(%) ≤

Cereal starch: 15.0; potato starch: 21.0; other individual product starch: 18.0

SO2 residue/(mg/kg) ≤

30

Heavy metal (in Pb)/(mg/kg) ≤

20

Lead/(mg/kg) ≤

1.0

Arsenic/(mg/kg) (calculated by As) ≤

0.5

Phosphate Residue (in P) / (%) ≤

Potato and wheat starch 0.14; other starch 0.04

Hydroxypropyl content/(%) ≤

7.0

Chloropropanol/(mg/kg) ≤

1.0

Note: The use of phosphorus oxychloride (dosage amount of starch is not more than 0.1% dry, w/w) or cross-linked sodium trimetaphosphate, propylene oxide etherification (dosage accounted for no more than 10% dry starch, w/ w).

Fourteen, sodium polyacrylate

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index

Sulfate (in SO4), w/ % ≤

0.49

Heavy metal (in Pb)/(mg/kg) ≤

20.0

Arsenic (calculated by As)/(mg/kg) ≤

2.0

Residual monomer, w/ % ≤

1.0

Low polymer, w/ % ≤

5.0

Loss on drying, w/% <

6.0

Residue of burning, w/ % ≤

76.0

pH (0.1% aqueous solution)

8 to 10

0.2% aqueous solution viscosity

(60rpm.20°C)

250 to 430 cps

Note: Production process, acrylic acid + NaOH → neutralizing catalyst → polymerization → refining → drying → crushing → finished product.

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