Article 1
Open ↗The novel chewing gum base as specified in the Annex may be placed on the market in the Union as a novel food ingredient for the use in chewing gum up to a maximum of 8 %.
Source
2012/461/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 3 August 2012 authorising the placing on the market of a novel chewing gum base as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Decision 2011/882/EU (notified under document C(2012) 5406)
2012/461/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 3 August 2012 authorising the placing on the market of a novel chewing gum base as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Decision 2011/882/EU (notified under document C(2012) 5406)
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Article 2
Open ↗The designation of the novel chewing gum base authorised by this Decision on the labelling of the foodstuff containing it shall be ‘gum base (including 1,3-butadiene, 2-methyl-homopolymer, maleated, esters with polyethylene glycol mono-Me ether)’ or ‘gum base (including CAS No: 1246080-53-4)’.
Article 3
Open ↗Implementing Decision 2011/882/EU is hereby repealed.
Article 4
Open ↗This Decision is addressed to Revolymer Ltd, 1, NewTech Square, Deeside Industrial Park, Deeside, Flintshire, CH5 2NT, United Kingdom.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
Open ↗ANNEX Specifications of the novel chewing gum base Description The novel food ingredient is a synthetic polymer (Patent number WO2006016179). It has a white to off-white colour. It consists of branched polymers of monomethoxypolyethylene glycol (MPEG) grafted onto polyisoprene-graft-maleic anhydride (PIP-g-MA), and unreacted MPEG (less than 35 % by weight). CAS No 1246080-53-4 Molecular structure of MPEG grafted PIP-g-MA Characterisitics of 1,3-butadiene, 2-methyl-homopolymer, maleated, esters with polyethylene glycol mono-Me ether/CAS No 1246080-53-4 Moisture less than 5 % Aluminium less than 3 mg/kg Lithium less than 0,5 mg/kg Nickel less than 0,5 mg/kg Residual anhydride less than 15 μmol/g Polydispersity index less than 1,4 Isoprene less than 0,05 mg/kg Ethylene oxide less than 0,2 mg/kg Free maleic anhydride less than 0,1 % Total oligomeres (less than 1 000 Dalton) not more than 50 mg/kg Ethylene glycol less than 200 mg/kg Diethylene glycol less than 30 mg/kg Monoethylene glycol methyl ether less than 3 mg/kg Diethylene glycol methyl ether less than 4 mg/kg Triethylene glycol methyl ether less than 7 mg/kg 1,4-Dioxane less than 2 mg/kg Formaldehyde less than 10 mg/kg
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