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Ref. : EIC 230/2/12
17 July 2018
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 698/2018
European Union (EU)* : Authorising of Hen Egg White Lysozyme Hydrolysate as a Novel Food
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 1186/2017 dated 22 December 2017, the European Commission has adopted a Regulation to authorise the placing on the market of hen egg white lysozyme hydrolysate as a novel food under Regulation (EC) No. 2015/2283 regarding novel foods, and accordingly amend Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470. Details are set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/991, which can be accessed through the following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R0991&from=EN.
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Yours faithfully,
(LAU Lap)
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.
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