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Ref : EIC 230/2/12

11 December 2013

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 992/2013

European Union (EU)*  :  Amendments to Regulation on Food Additives

Further to Commercial Information Circular No 881/2013 dated 4 November 2013, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Regulation to amend and correct Annexes II and III of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 as well as the Annex of Regulation (EU) No 231/2012. Amendments were made to the use of food additives including Brilliant Black PN (E 151), Algal Carotenes (E 160a (iv)), Calcium Bisulphite (E 227), Potassium Bisulphite (E 228), Microcrystalline Cellulose, Cellulose Gel (E 460(i)) and Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose, Cellulose gum (E 466). Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1274/2013, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:328:0079:0085:EN:PDF

ENQUIRIES

2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,

((Miss Anita WONG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, 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.