proposed amendments to the standards and specifications for food additives the proposed regulations establish and revise the compositional specifications for 59 food additives. 1 specifications for lead cadmium mercury arsenic or selenium are strengthened or established in the following 58 items polyvinyl acetate aluminium ammonium sulfate aluminium potassium sulfate ammonium sulfate ferrous sulfate calcium sulfate ferrous gluconate copper chlorophyll potassium copper chlorophyllin sodium metabisulfite magnesium oxide sodium lactate gluconic acid sodium gluconate l-glutamic acid monoammonium l-glutamate monopotassium l-glutamate lactitol calcium oxide sodium sesquicarbonate magnesium hydroxide ammonium hydroxide calcium ascorbate l-ascorbyl stearate ammonium alginate potassium alginate calcium alginate sodium diacetate magnesium phosphate tribasic magnesium phosphate dibasic calcium acetate potassium bicarbonate triacetin propionic acid potassium sulfate magnesium silicate potassium benzoate calcium benzoate potassium gluconate methyl p-hydroxybenzoate acesulfame potassium potassium lactate food red no.102 sucralose sodium aluminium phosphate acidic sodium aluminium phosphate basic hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose calcium silicate calcium sorbate methylethylcellulose polyvinyl pyrrolidone ethyl cellulose potassium ferrocyanide sodium ferrocyanide calcium ferrocyanide magnesium l-lactate potassium sodium l-tartrate methyl alcohol 2 specifications for pyrrolidone carboxylic acid are established in the following two items l-glutamic acid and monoammonium l-glutamate 3 specifications for fluorides are established in the following three items aluminium ammonium sulfate aluminium potassium sulfate and calcium sulfate 4 microbiological criteria are established in the following four items ammonium alginate potassium alginate calcium alginate and magnesium l-lactate 5 specifications for pyrrolidone carboxylic acid are established in the following two items l-glutamic acid and monoammonium l-glutamate amidated pectin is newly established in food additive code