Migration of aluminum from food contact materials to food—a health risk for consumers? Part I of III: exposure to aluminum, release of aluminum, tolerable weekly intake (TWI), toxicological effects of aluminum, study design, and methods

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Table 4 Food additives containing or consisting of aluminum, according to the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health [22]

E-number	Designation	Maximal concentration (mg/L) or (mg/kg)	Limitations	Use
173	Aluminum^a	Quantum satis (The maximum amount is not listed as such. The substances are, however, used according to accepted manufacturing practices, only in amounts that are required to achieve the desired effect and under the condition that the consumer is not misled)	Only external coating of sugar confectionery for the decoration of cakes and pastries	Colorant
520 521 522 523	Aluminum sulfates	200 (expressed as aluminum)	Only candied, crystallized or glacé fruit and vegetables^b; 520–523 may be added individually or in combination	Firming agent
520 521 522 523	Aluminum sulfates	30 (expressed as aluminum)	Only egg white^c	Firming agent
541	Sodium aluminum phosphate acidic	1000^d (expressed as aluminum)	Only scones and sponge wares^d	Raising agent
554	Sodium aluminum silicate	15,000 mg/kg in the preparation	In fat soluble vitamin preparations	Release agent
554	Sodium aluminum silicate	20 mg/kg carry over in cheese	Only for salt intended for surface treatment of ripened cheese, food category 01.7.2^e	Release agent
555	Potassium aluminum silicate	90% relative to the pigment	In E 171 titanium dioxide and E 172 iron oxides and hydroxides	Release agent
556	Calcium aluminum silicate^f			Release agent
558	Bentonite^g			Substrate for colorants
1452	Starch aluminum octenyl succinate	35,000 mg/kg in final food	In food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC due to its use in vitamin preparations for encapsulation purposes only

Amended according to regulation (EU) No. 380/2012 [39] from 3 May 2012
^aCategory “Other confectionery including breath freshening microsweets” [Category 05.02 of regulation (EC) 1333/2008] [40] period of application: until 31 January 2014
^bOnly candied cherries period of application: from 1 February 2014
^cPeriod of application: from 1 February 2014 (E 520 aluminum sulfate) for liquid egg white for egg foams only
^dOnly sponge cakes produced from contrasting colored segments held together by jam or spreading jelly and encased by a flavored sugar paste (the maximum limit applies only to the sponge part of the cake) period of application: from 1 February 2014
^eNewly certified for this application on 1 February 2014
^fAuthorized until 31 January 2014
^gAuthorized until 31 May 2013