Safety evaluation of certain food additives - ipcs inchem

250 SULFITES: ASSESSMENT OF DIETARY EXPOSURE
c. France
Food groups Use level of sulfites reported by industry or from monitoring survey (mg sulfur dioxide/kg or mg sulfur
dioxide/l)
Total samples (n) Positive samples(n) Mean
Champagne 35 34 55
Dried fruits 25 6 1006
Peeled potatoes 7 6 41
Processed potatoes 23 2 104*
Red wine 854 849 82
Rose wine 112 111 108
White wine 212 212 118
*, concentrations exceeding the MLs of national legislation.
Source of concentration data: Bemrah et al. (2008). National legislation: European Commission (1995).
Note: Occurrence and use levels of sulfites were collected for 1288 food items from 2002 to 2005 by the French administration in charge of food
monitoring; the 1213 samples referring to wine came from a use level monitoring survey, and the other data came from product recipes collected within
the food industry.