proposed amendments to the standards and specifications for food additives the proposed regulation establishes and revises compositional specifications for 80 food additives. 1 specifications for lead cadmium mercury and arsenic are strengthened or established in the following 80 compounds disodium 5-guanylate citric acid trisodium citrate potassium citrate calcium citrate silicone resin glucono--lactone calcium gluconate monosodium l-glutamate glycerin glycerin esters of fatty acids glycine sodium copper chlorophyllin butylated hydroxyl toluene disodium 5-ribonucleotide calcium 5-ribonucleotide d-maltitol sodium metaphosphate potassium metaphosphate potassium metabisulfite methyl cellulose propyl gallate butylated hydroxyl anisole riboflavin riboflavin 5-phosphate sodium l-ascorbic acid dl-- tocopherol glacial acetic acid dl-malic acid sodium dl-malate sodium saccharin sodium bisulfite disodium dihydrogen pyrophosphate d-sorbitol sorbic acid potassium sorbate sodium hydroxide calcium hydroxide annatto water soluble sodium stearoyl lactylate calcium stearoyl lactylate l-cystein monohydrochloride food green no. 3 food green no. 3 aluminium lake food red no. 2 food red no. 2 aluminium lake food red no. 3 food red no. 40 food red no. 40 aluminium lake food blue no. 1 food blue no. 1 aluminium lake food blue no. 2 food blue no. 2 aluminium lake food yellow no. 4 food yellow no. 4 aluminium lake food yellow no. 5 food yellow no. 5 aluminium lake sodium silicoaluminate adipic acid sodium l-ascorbate ascorbyl palmitate aspartame azodicarbonamide sodium nitrite -apo-8-carotenal sodium sulfite benzoic acid sodium benzoate sodium alginate propylene glycol alginate erythorbic acid sodium erythorbate ester gum hydrochloric acid chlorine magnesium chloride ammonium chloride potassium chloride calcium chloride disodium 5-inosinate. 2 microbiological criteria are established for two items sodium alginate propylene glycol alginate. 3 specifications for residual solvents in sodium copper chlorophyllin are established. 4 specifications for fluoride are established in the following four items calcium citrate potassium metaphosphate calcium hydroxide calcium chloride. 5 specifications for unsulfonated primary aromatic amines are established in the following seven substances riboflavin riboflavin 5-phosphate sodium food green no. 3 food red no. 2 food blue no. 1 food blue no. 2 food yellow no. 4. definition of trisodium citrate is revised. the term msg which is the synonym for monosodium l-glutamate is deleted from the standards and specifications for food additives. in the general test methods of food additives code coloring matter test and coloring matter aluminium lake test are revised.