proposed amendments to the standards and specifications for food additives the republic of korea is proposing to amend the standards and specifications for the food additives and food contact surface sanitizing solution for utensil. 1 polyvinyl alcohol is newly authorized 2 mutastein l-sorbose crayfish color and krill color are banned 3 the compositional specifications of the following 68 food additives are revised cinnamic acid ammonium persulfate disodium glycyrrhizinate nicotinic acid dibenzoyl thiamine dibenzoyl thiamine hydrochloride maltol methyl a-naphthyl ketone dl-menthol l-menthol morpholine salts of fatty acids vanillin dry formed vitamin a thiamine naphthalene-1 5-disulfonate thiamine dilaurylsulfate thiamine thiocyanate oxalic acid ethyl vanillin methyl hesperidin ion exchange resin disodium dl-tartrate potassium dl-bitartrate sodium hydrosulfite acetic acid sodium carboxymethyl starch taurine dl-threonine l-tyrosine sodium pantothenate polybutene sodium polyacrylate monosodium fumarate piperonal disodium succinate formic acid itaconic acid disodium 5-cytidylate disodium 5-uridylate l-lysine l-theanine ferric chloride sodium oleate ammonium molybdate licorice extract lactoferrin concentrates kaolin betaine d-xylose phytic acid rosin mucin yucca extract heme iron rutin gallic acid cyclodextrin syrup a-oryzanol chitin hesperidin enzymatically decomposed apple extract sesame seed oil unsaponified matter garden balsam extract enzymatically modified stevia 5-cytidylic acid quercetin ferulic acid hyaluronic acid crude magnesium chloride sea water 4 the standards for the use of the following seven food additives are revised sodium saccharin sodium metabisulfite potassium metabisulfite sulfur dioxide sodium bisulfite sodium sulfite sodium hydrosulfite 5 chlorine dioxide preparations which is the food contact surface sanitizing solution for utensil is authorized. 6 dodecyl phenoxybenzene disulfonic acid tall oil fatty acids sulfonated used for preparation of food contact surface sanitizing solutions are delisited