1.6 Cheese and cheese products

ANZ food category, from Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, Schedule 15.

Schedule 15 is hierarchical: under S15—2, a permission for a class of food also applies to the classes listed beneath it. So this page lists the additives permitted for this category directly, and then those permitted for the broader categories that contain it. A condition on a broader category's permission ("only nut butters and nut spreads") still applies here.

Subcategories

Provided for this category

AdditiveMaximum levelConditionsCitation
Calcium sorbate E2033,000 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 1.6, INS 203
Natamycin (pimaricin) E23515 mg/kg

On cheese surfaces, based on individual cheese weight.

Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 1.6, INS 235
Nisin preparation E234GMP—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 1.6, INS 234
Phosphoric acid E338GMP—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 1.6, INS 338
Potassium aluminium silicate E55510,000 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 1.6, INS 555
Potassium bisulfite E228300 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 1.6, INS 228
Potassium metabisulfite E224300 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 1.6, INS 224
Potassium nitrate E25250 mg/kg

Calculated as nitrate ion.

Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 1.6, INS 252
Potassium sorbate E2023,000 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 1.6, INS 202
Potassium sulfite INS 225300 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 1.6, INS 225
Sodium bisulfite E222300 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 1.6, INS 222
Sodium metabisulfite E223300 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 1.6, INS 223
Sodium nitrate E25150 mg/kg

Calculated as nitrate ion.

Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 1.6, INS 251
Sodium sorbate3,000 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 1.6, INS 201
Sodium sulfite E221300 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 1.6, INS 221
Sorbic acid E2003,000 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 1.6, INS 200
Sulfur dioxide E220300 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 1.6, INS 220

Permitted as members of an additive group

Schedule 15 permits some additives by reference to a Schedule 16 list. Each list below shares one set of conditions for this category.

Schedule 16, S16—2 (additives permitted at GMP) — 209 additives
Schedule 16, S16—3 (colourings permitted at GMP) — 30 additives
Schedule 16, S16—4 (colourings permitted to a maximum level) — 12 additivesAll colourings permitted to a maximum level together: no more than 70 mg/L in a beverage or 290 mg/kg in another food (Standard 1.3.1—4(3)).