Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
The numbering scheme follows that of the International Numbering System (INS) as determined by the "Codex Alimentarius" committee, though only a subset of the INS additives are approved for use in the European Union as food additives. Outside the European continent plus Russia, E numbers are also encountered on food labelling in other jurisdictions, including the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India and Israel. They are increasingly, though still rarely, found on North American packaging, especially on imported European food products.