E920 L-Cysteine — is it halal?

Description

A flour treatment agent: L-cysteine (hydrochloride). China's standard expressly allows livestock hair and poultry feathers («畜禽毛、羽») or E. coli fermentation; the EU bans only human hair. Chinese patents and industry reviews name duck, goose and chicken feathers, pig bristles (c2), pig hooves, livestock hair and human hair as feedstock. Fermentation (Wacker, CJ) and synthetic routes exist.

Names: L-цистеин · L-Cysteine · L-سيستئين

Also known as: E 920, INS 920, L-cysteine hydrochloride, L-cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate, L-cysteine hydrochloride anhydrous, L-cysteine monohydrochloride, L-cysteine HCl, L-cysteine HCl monohydrate, cysteine, Cysteine Hydrochloride, L-cysteine monohydrochloride monohydrate, L-2-amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid monohydrochloride monohydrate, 2-amino-3-mercaptopropionic acid, alpha-amino-beta-mercaptopropionic acid, L-cysteine hydrochlorides sodium and potassium salts

Category: Flour treatment

Regulatory source: EU 1333/2008

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