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Ref : EIC 230/2/12
25 January 2011
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 61/2011
European Union (EU)* : Amendment to Directive on colours for use in foodstuffs
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 88/2009 dated 18 February 2009, the European Commission (the Commission) has amended Directive 2008/128/EC which lays down specific purity criteria on colours for use in foodstuffs. The amendment has taken into account the assessment result on the safety in use of lycopene as food colour conducted by the European Food Safety Authority. Details are set out in Commission Directive 2011/3/EU, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:013:0059:0063: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 Anita WONG)
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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