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Ref : EIC 230/2/12
3 November 2010
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 498/2010
European Union (EU)*: Control on Food Additives other than Colours and Sweeteners
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 481/2010 of 22 October 2010, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Directive amending European Parliament and Council Directive 95/2/EC which lays down a list of food additives that may be used and the conditions of use, taking into account of technical developments in the field of food additives. Details are set out in Commission Directive 2010/69/EU, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:279:0022:0031:EN:PDF
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For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Peggy LEUNG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
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