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The following food additive use violations were reported in the last week:

• The EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported unauthorized uses of polyphosphates, amaranth, erythrosine, tartrazine, sunset yellow FCF, allura red AC, and sudan 4.

The EU's food additive use regulations are included in the International Food Additive Database.

The following food additive use violations were reported in the last week:

• The EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported unauthorized uses of sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, calcium disodium ethylene diamine tetra acetate, butylated hydroxytoluene, sodium metabisulfite, sulphite, ponceau 4R/cochineal red A, and isopropyl alcohol.
• Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) reported unauthorized uses of sucralose.
• Taiwan's FDA reported detections of copper chlorophyll and sulfur dioxide.

The EU, Japan, and Taiwan are included in the International Food Additive Database.  

The following food additive use violations were reported in the last week:

• The EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported unauthorized uses of erythrosine, sunset yellow, and rhodamine B.
• Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) reported unauthorized uses of TBHQ.
• Australia's Department of Agriculture (DAFF) reported non-compliant uses of guar gum and carboxy methyl cellulose.

The EU, Japan, and Australia are included in the International Food Additive Databa

The following food additive use violations were reported in the last week:

• The EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported unauthorized uses of sulphite and diphosphate.
• Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) reported unauthorized uses of sodium hydrosulfite, iodized salt, TBHQ, and sorbic acid.
• Taiwan's FDA reported detections of saccharin and ethyl paraben.

The EU, Japan, and Taiwan are included in the International Food Additive Database.  

The following food additive use violations were reported in the last week:

• The EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported unauthorized uses of sodium nitrate, sulphite, polyphosphates, and Sunset Yellow FCF.
• Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) reported unauthorized uses of cyclamic acid.
• Taiwan's FDA reported detections of propionic acid, sulfur dioxide, sorbic acid, and benzoic acid.

The EU, Japan, and Taiwan are included in the International Food Additive Database.  

The following food additive use violations were reported in the last week:

• The EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported unauthorized uses of sulphite, ponceau 4R/cochineal red A, and the color Sudan 4.
• Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) reported unauthorized uses of sodium pyrosulfite.
• Taiwan's FDA reported detections of sorbic acid, benzoic acid, sulfur dioxide, and saccharin.

The EU, Japan, and Taiwan are included in the International Food Additive Database.  

The following food additive use violations were reported in the last week:

• Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) reported unauthorized uses of TBHQ, sodium sulfite, and copper chlorophyll.

The following violations were reported in April:

• Australia's Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry (DAFF) reported non-compliant uses of E364, E127 (erythrosine), glycyrrhizin, DL-ainine, inosine-5-monophosphate, guanosine-5-monophosphate, disodium succinate, and ferrous sulfate.

Japan and Australia are included in the International Food Additive Database.   

The following food additive use violations were reported in the last week:

• The EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported unauthorized uses of sulphite.
• Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) reported unauthorized uses of sodium hydrosulphite.
• Taiwan's FDA reported detections of propionic acid.

The EU, Japan, and Taiwan are included in the International Food Additive Database.  

The following food additive use violations were reported in the last week:

• Taiwan's FDA reported detections of sulfur dioxide, propionic acid, saccharin, and cyclamates.
• The EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported unauthorized uses of the colors Sudan 1 and Orange II.

Taiwan and the EU are included in the International Food Additive Database.  

The following food additive use violations were reported in the last week:

• The EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported unauthorized uses of sulphite and Sunset Yellow.
• Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) reported unauthorized uses of potassium metabisulfite and potassium pyrosulfite.

The EU and Japan are included in the International Food Additive Database.