Commercial Information Circular

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Ref.: EIC 230/2/12

22 June 2017

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 518/2017

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

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 39/2017 dated 12 January 2017, the European Commission has adopted three Regulations to amend Annexes II and III of Regulation (EU) No. 1333/2008 regarding the use of nitrites (E 249-250) in 'golonka peklowana'; the use of phosphoric acid - phosphates - di - tri - and polyphosphates (E 338-452) in certain meat preparations; as well as the use of butane (E 943a), isobutane (E 943b) and propane (E 944) in colour preparations respectively. Details are set out in Commission Regulations (EU) 2017/839, 2017/871 and 2017/874 respectively, which can be accessed through the following links:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R0839&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R0871&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R0874&from=EN

ENQUIRIES

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

Yours faithfully,

(Charles LO)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU member countries are 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.