Article 1
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 %.
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
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
Implementing Decision 2011/882/EU is hereby repealed.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to Revolymer Ltd, 1, NewTech Square, Deeside Industrial Park, Deeside, Flintshire, CH5 2NT, United Kingdom.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
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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