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Ref. : EIC 230/2/12
6 May 2019
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 340/2019
European Union (EU)* : Amendments to Regulation on the Addition of Vitamins and Minerals and of Certain Other Substances to Foods
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 131/2014 dated 12 February 2014, the European Commission has adopted two Regulations to amend Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 to specify conditions for the addition of trans fat to foods and its use in the manufacture of foods, and prohibit the use of Yohimbe (Pausinystalia yohimbe (K. Schum) Pierre ex Beille) and its preparations in food. Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2019/649 and 2019/650, which can be accessed through the following links:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019R0649&from=EN
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019R0650&from=EN.
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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.
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