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Ref : EIC 230/2/12

15 November 2011

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 714/2011

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

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 169/2011 dated 16 March 2011, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted three regulations to amend Annex II and Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 concerning the establishment of the Union Lists of approved food additives under specified conditions of use. Details are set out in Commission Regulations (EU) No. 1129/2011, 1130/2011 and 1131/2011 respectively. These Regulations can be accessed through the following links:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:295:0001:0177:EN:PDF
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:295:0178:0204:EN:PDF
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:295:0205:0211:EN:PDF

DETAILS

2. Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 provides for the establishment of a Union list of food additives approved for use in foods and their condition of use. Only food additives included in the Union list set out in Annex II may be placed on the market and used in foods under the specified conditions of use while Annex III establishes the Union list of food additives including carriers approved for use in food additives, food enzymes, food flavourings, nutrients and their conditions of use.

3. In light of the technological development, Annex II and Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 should be amended and applied from 1 June 2013 and 2 December 2011 respectively.

ENQUIRIES

4. 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.





Note ：

  • (1) While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.
  • (2)The biweekly newsletter "Business Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. The newsletter is available for free e-subscription and can be accessed through
    http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eualert.htm.