Peracetic acid

Designated additive: Appended Table 1, item 98, 過酢酸 (“Peracetic Acid” 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 過酢酸: (1) [must not be used in the foods stated] “過酢酸は、過酢酸製剤として使用する場合以外に使用してはならない。” 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, 2. 가공보조제 (processing aids), 과산화초산 (“Peroxyacetic Acid”, the English the Code prints beside it). Main use (주용도) of 과산화초산: 살균제. Standard for use (사용기준) of 과산화초산: (1) “과산화초산은 아래의 식품에 한하여 살균의 목적에 한하여 사용하여야 하며, 최종식품의 완성 전에 식품 표면으로부터 침지액 또는 분무액을 털어내거나 흘려내리도록 하여야 한다. 과산화초산의 사용량(농도)은 과산화초산 및 1-하이드록시에틸리덴-1,1-디포스포닌산(HEDP)으로서 아래의 기준 이하로 사용하여야 한다.” (2) “성분 : 과일· 채소류 : 식육” (3) “과산화초산 : 0.080 g/kg : 포유류 1.8g/kg 가금류 2.0g/kg” (4) “HEDP : 0.0048 g/kg : 포유류 0.024g/kg 가금류 0.136g/kg” 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.

Named in 21 CFR 173.315(a)(5) among the substances that may be used to wash, or to assist in the peeling of, fruits and vegetables: for fruits and vegetables that are not raw agricultural commodities, prepared by reacting acetic acid with hydrogen peroxide and not to exceed 80 ppm in wash water. The section is held on this site as the page chemicals-used-in-washing-or-to-assist-in-the-peeling-of-fruits-and-vegetables; read it for the conditions.