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Ref : EIC 230/2/12

19 May 2014

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 464/2014

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

Further to Commercial Information Circular No 253/2014 dated 18 March 2014, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted two Regulations to amend Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 as well as the Annex of Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 regarding the use of advantame as a sweetener and the use of Ethyl lauroyl arginate as a preservative in certain heat-treated meat products. Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No 497/2014 and 506/2014, which can be accessed through the following links:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOL_2014_143_R_0002&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOL_2014_145_R_0010&from=EN

2.Separately, the Commission has also adopted a Regulation to amend Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 concerning the use of caramel colours (E150a-d) in beer and malt beverages. Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No. 505/2014 and can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOL_2014_145_R_0009&from=EN

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, 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.