2001/122/EC: Commission Decision of 30 January 2001 on authorising the placing on the market of a dextran preparation produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides as a novel food ingredient in bakery products under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2001) 174)

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 258/97
• Articles: 4

Article 1

The dextran preparation produced by the bacterium Leuconostoc mesenteroides, as specified in the Annex, may be placed on the market in the Community as a novel food ingredient in bakery products, under the condition that no more than 5 % by weight of the final bakery product is made up of the dextran preparation.

Article 2

Without prejudice to the other requirements of Community law concerning the labelling of foodstuffs that the word "dextran" will be mentioned in the list of ingredients of the bakery product containing it.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to Puracor nv/sa, Industrialaan 25, B-1702 Groot Bijgaarden.

Done at Brussels, 30 January 2001.

For the Commission

David Byrne

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 43, 14.2.1997, p. 1.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

Specifications of a dextran preparation produced by the bacterium, Leuconostoc mesenteroides

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