Ethyl acetate

Designated additive: Appended Table 1, item 154, 酢酸エチル (“Ethyl Acetate” in the unofficial English translation). Standards for use — Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, etc. (MHW Notification No. 370 of 1959), Part II (Food Additives), F (Standards for use), entry 酢酸エチル: (1) [may be used only for the purpose of flavouring; states an exception to the preceding sentence; must be removed or broken down before the food is finished] “酢酸エチルは、着香の目的以外に使用してはならない。ただし、酢酸エチルを、柿の脱渋に使用するアルコール、結晶果糖の製造に使用するアルコール、香辛料の顆粒若しくは錠剤の製造に使用するアルコール、コンニャク粉の製造に使用するアルコール、ジブチルヒドロキシトルエン若しくは、ブチルヒドロキシアニソールの溶剤として使用するアルコール又は食酢の醸造原料として使用するアルコールを変性する目的で使用する場合、酵母エキス(酵母の自己消化により得られた水溶性の成分をいう。以下この目において同じ。)の製造の際の酵母の自己消化を促進する目的で使用する場合及び酢酸ビニル樹脂の溶剤の用途に使用する場合は、この限りでない。また、酵母エキスの製造に使用した酢酸エチルは、最終食品の完成前に除去しなければならない。” The Japanese is the standard as published. There is no official English translation of the Notification; the English in square brackets is this site’s description of what each sentence does, not a translation of the foods or the levels. Compositional specifications for this additive, in the same Notification, are not imported and are not shown here; nor are the general rules in F 添加物一般, which apply to every additive.

Designated food additive: Standards and Specifications for Food Additives, Part III, 1. 일반식품첨가물 (general food additives), 초산에틸 (“Ethyl Acetate”, the English the Code prints beside it); the Code marks it as also usable as a processing aid; 2. 가공보조제 (processing aids), 초산에틸 (“Ethyl Acetate”, the English the Code prints beside it); the Code marks it as also usable as a general food additive. Main use (주용도) of 초산에틸: 향료. Standard for use (사용기준) of 초산에틸: (1) [may be used only for flavouring] “초산에틸은 착향의 목적에 한하여 사용하여야 한다.” Main use (주용도) of 초산에틸: 추출용제. Standard for use (사용기준) of 초산에틸: (1) [may be used only in the foods or uses listed; sets a limit on the amount used] “초산에틸은 아래의 식품 또는 용도에 한하여 사용하여야 한다. 초산에틸의 사용량은 1. 초산비닐수지의 용제 2. 건강기능식품의 기능성원료 추출 또는 분리 목적 : 0.05g/kg 이하(초산에틸로서 잔류량) 3. 식용유지 제조 시 유지성분의 추출 목적 : 0.01g/kg 이하(초산에틸로서 잔류량) 4. 다류, 커피의 카페인 제거 목적 : 0.01g/kg 이하(초산에틸로서 잔류량)” The Korean is the standard as published. There is no official English translation of the current Code (the English version on MFDS’s website is the 2020 edition and has no legal effect); the English in square brackets is this site’s description of what each sentence does, not a translation of the foods or the levels. Compositional specifications (Part IV) are not imported, nor are the general standards in Part II, which apply to every additive.