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Ref : EIC 230/2/12

6 June 2012

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 412/2012

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

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 714/2011 dated 15 November 2011, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted three Regulations to amend Annex II of Regulation (EC) No. 1333/2008 concerning the use of polydextrose and lysozyme in beer as well as the use of glycerol esters of wood rosins for printing on hard-coated confectionery products. Details are set out in Commission Regulations (EU) Nos. 470/2012, 471/2012 and 472/2012, which can be accessed through the following links:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:144:0016:0018:EN:PDF
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:144:0019:0021:EN:PDF
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:144:0022:0024:EN:PDF

 

DETAILS

2.Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, which will be replaced by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1129/2011 from 1 June 2013, lays down a Union list of food additives approved for use in foods and their conditions of use. In order to allow the use of polydextrose and lysozyme in beer as well as the use of glycerol esters of wood rosins for printing on hard-coated confectionery products before that date, Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 should be amended with an earlier date of application set on 25 June 2012 for the above mentioned food additives.

ENQUIRIES

3. 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.