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Additives permitted in sausages and processed meat under Vietnam's Circular 24/2019

This is a list of what is permitted, not a recipe: it shows which additives Circular 24/2019/TT-BYT permits in sausages, pork rolls and processed cold cuts, while the label of the sausage you buy shows which codes it uses.

What's actually on the label

List under Appendix 2A, Circular 24/2019

Risk level on the Yenzo Scale, not the Circular's.

About this list

Sausages and pork rolls (minced meat) fall under the Annex 2A group “processed comminuted meat, poultry and game products”; whole-cut cold cuts fall under “processed meat, poultry and game products in whole pieces or cuts”; edible casings have a group of their own[2]. The additives for these groups are given in the same annex[1]. Sodium nitrite (E250) is listed in Annex 1 as a colour retention agent and a preservative; its maximum is “as residual NO2 ion”[3]. Sorbic acid (E200) also appears for the casing group[4].

The list comes from the “found in” section of each additive's page: the food groups of Circular 24/2019/TT-BYT, Appendix 2A (maximum levels of additives in food). Being listed means the additive is permitted there, not that every product contains it.

Related additive categories

Sources

  1. Thông tư 24/2019/TT-BYT (văn bản hợp nhất 09/VBHN-BYT), Điều 5 khoản 2
  2. Thông tư 24/2019/TT-BYT (văn bản hợp nhất 09/VBHN-BYT): Phụ lục 2A, nhóm 08.2, 08.3 và 08.4
  3. Thông tư 24/2019/TT-BYT (văn bản hợp nhất 09/VBHN-BYT): Phụ lục 1 và Phụ lục 2A, INS 250
  4. Thông tư 24/2019/TT-BYT (văn bản hợp nhất 09/VBHN-BYT): Phụ lục 1 và Phụ lục 2A, INS 200
  5. Xúc xích tiệt trùng Vissan Dinh dưỡng DHA (Heo) — thành phần (trang sản phẩm Vissan)
  6. Xúc xích tiệt trùng Vissan Bò (gói) — thành phần (trang sản phẩm Vissan)
  7. Xúc xích Dino Vissan — thành phần (trang sản phẩm Vissan)

Updated: 24 October 2026

Information only, not medical advice. The risk level is the additive's class in Yenzo's open scoring method, based on the cited source.

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