This standard specifies the index requirements, food additives, nutritional fortifiers, hygienic requirements and inspection methods for edible salt. This standard applies to edible salt obtained from seawater, underground rock (ore) salt sediments, and natural brine (salty) water with sodium chloride as the main component, but does not apply to low-sodium salt. GB 2721-2003 Edible Salt Hygiene Standard GB2721-2003 Standard Download Decompression Password: www.bzxz.net

ICS67.040
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
GB 2721—2003
Replaces GB2721-1996
Hygienic standard for food grade salt
Hygienic standard for food grade salt2003-09-24 Issued
Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China
Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China
Implemented on 2004-05-01
The full text of this standard is mandatory.
GB2721--2003
This standard is not equivalent to the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) standard CodexStan150—1985 (Rev.1—1997, Amend.1-1999) "Edible Salt". This standard replaces GB2721-—1996 "Hygienic standard for food grade salt". Compared with GB2721--1996, the main modifications of this standard are as follows: The standard text format is modified in accordance with GB/T1.1-2000: The structure of the original standard is modified, and food additives, hygienic requirements for production and processing, packaging, labeling, storage and transportation requirements are added:
Refer to CodexStan150-1985 (Rev.1-1997, Amend.1--1999) "Edible Salt" The scope is modified and copper ≤2mg/ kg, pot ≤ 0.5mg/kg, mercury ≤ 0.1mg/kg, lead revised from ≤ 1mg/kg to ≤ 2mg/kg, with reference to GB5461-2000 "Edible Salt", the standard name and sensory requirements were modified, and the magnesium index was cancelled; with reference to GB15198-1994 "Sanitary Standard for Nitrite Limit in Food", the nitrite index was added; "Potassium iodide and potassium iodate (calculated as iodine) shall be in accordance with GB14880\ and amended to\iodine, and implemented in accordance with GB14880". From the date of implementation of this standard, GB2721-1996 will be abolished at the same time. This standard is proposed and managed by the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China. Drafting units of this standard: Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Salt Institute of the Ministry of Light Industry, Tianjin Food Hygiene Supervision and Inspection Institute. Main drafters of this standard: Ding Xiuying, Hu Keqiang, Liu Zhida, Zhou Changying, Wang Xutai, Liang Jin, Zhang Zheng. The previous versions of the standards replaced by this standard are: GBn7-1977, GB2721-1981, GB2721-19961 Scope
Sanitary standard for edible salt
GB2721-2003
This standard specifies the index requirements for edible salt, food additives, nutritional fortifiers, hygienic requirements and inspection methods for the production and processing process. This standard applies to edible salt obtained from seawater, underground rock (ore) salt sediments, and natural brine (formed) water with sodium chloride as the main component, and does not apply to low-sodium salt. 2 Normative references
The clauses in the following documents become the clauses of this standard through reference in this standard. For all dated references, all subsequent amendments (excluding errata) or revisions are not applicable to this standard. However, the parties to the agreement based on this standard are encouraged to study whether the latest versions of these documents can be used. For all undated references, the latest versions are applicable to this standard. GB2760 Hygienic standard for the use of food additives GB/T5009.13 Determination of copper in food
GB/T5009.15 Determination in food
Determination of total mercury and organic mercury in food
GB/T 5009.171
Determination of nitrite and nitrate in foodGB/T5009.33
Analytical method of hygienic standard for salt
GB/T5009.421
GB14880
GB14881
3 Index requirements
Hygienic standard for the use of food nutrient fortifiers
General hygienic regulations for food enterprises
3.1 Sensory requirements
White, salty, no peculiar smell, no foreign matter not related to salt visible to the naked eye3.2 Physical and chemical indicators
Physical and chemical indicators should comply with the requirements of Table 1.
Table 1 Physical and chemical indicators
Sodium oxide (based on base)/(g/100g) Water-insoluble matter/(g/100g)
Ordinary salt
Refined salt
Sulfate (based on SO=)/(g/100g)Nitrite (based on NaNO,)/(mg/kg)Total arsenic (based on As)/(mg/kg)
Lead (Pb)/(mg/ kg）
Copper (Cu)/(mg/kg)
Pb (Cd)/(mg/kg)
Total (in Hg)/(mg/kg）
GB2721—2003
Ba (Ba)/(mg/kg)
Fluorine (F)/(mg/kg）
Iodine (I)
Applicable only to edible salt fortified with iodine.
Food additives and nutritional fortifiers
Table 1 (continued)
4.1 The quality of food additives and nutritional fortifiers shall comply with the relevant standards and regulations. Instructions
According to GB14880
4.2 The types and usage of food additives and nutritional fortifiers shall comply with the provisions of GB2760 and GB14880. The hygienic requirements of the production and processing process
should comply with the provisions of GB14881.
The packaging containers and materials shall comply with the corresponding hygienic standards and relevant regulations. Labeling
The labeling requirements of the finalized packaging shall comply with the relevant regulations. Storage and transportation
8.1 Storage
The product shall be stored in a dry and well-ventilated place. It shall not be stored together with toxic, harmful, odorous, volatile and corrosive items. 8.2 Transportation
The product shall be transported away from sunlight and rain. It shall not be mixed with toxic, harmful, odorous or items that affect product quality. Inspection method
9.1 Sodium amide, water-insoluble matter, sulfate, total arsenic, lead, barium, fluorine and iodine shall be determined according to the method specified in GB/T5009.42. 9.2 Copper
It shall be determined according to the method specified in GB/T5009.13. ·9.3 Radiation
Determine according to the method specified in GB/T5009.15. 9.4 Total mercury
Determine according to the method specified in GB/T5009.17. 9.5 Nitrite
Determine according to the method specified in GB/T5009.33. 2
GB2721-2003
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
Sanitary Standard for Edible Salt
GB2721—2003www.bzxz.net
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