Commercial Information Circular

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Ref. : EIC 230/2/12

25 July 2018

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 722/2018

European Union (EU)* : Authorising Extension of Use of Novel Foods and Correcting Implementing Regulation

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 698/2018 dated 17 July 2018, the European Commission has adopted two Regulations to authorise the extension of use of UV-treated baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and oil from the micro algae Schizochytrium sp. as novel food under Regulation (EC) No. 2015/2283 regarding novel foods, and accordingly amend Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470. After the publication of Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, a number of errors or omissions were noted concerning the specifications or the conditions of use of a number of authorised novel foods. A Regulation has then been adopted to correct the Union list established in the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2017/2470. Details are set out in Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2018/1018, 2018/1032 and 2018/1023, which can be accessed through the following links:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R1018&from=EN
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R1032&from=EN
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R1023&from=EN.

ENQUIRIES

2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

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.