Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1189 of 19 July 2016 authorising the placing on the market of UV-treated milk as a novel food under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2016) 4565)
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UV-treated milk as specified in Annex I to this Decision may be placed on the market in the Union as a novel food for the uses defined and at the maximum levels established in Annex II to this Decision without prejudice to the specific provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006.
The designation of UV-treated milk authorised by this Decision for the labelling of the foodstuffs shall be ‘UV-treated’. Where UV-treated milk contains an amount of vitamin D that is considered significant in accordance with Point 2 of Part A of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the designation for the labelling shall be accompanied by ‘contains vitamin D produced by UV-treatment’ or ‘milk containing vitamin D resulting from UV-treatment’.
This Decision is addressed to Dairy Crest Ltd, Claygate House, Littleworth Road, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9PN, United Kingdom.
ANNEX I SPECIFICATION OF UV-TREATED MILK Definition: UV-treated milk is cow's milk (whole and semi-skimmed) to which a treatment with ultraviolet (UV) radiation via turbulent flow is applied after pasteurisation. The treatment of the pasteurised milk with UV radiation results in an increase in the vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol) concentrations by conversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol to vitamin D 3 . UV radiation: a process of radiation in ultraviolet light within the wavelength of 200-310 nm with energy input of 1 045 J/l. Vitamin D 3 : Chemical name (1S,3Z)-3-[(2E)-2-[(1R,3aS,7aR)-7a-methyl-1-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-2,3,3a,5,6,7-hexahydro-1H-inden-4-ylidene]ethylidene]-4-methylidenecyclohexan-1-ol Synonym Cholecalciferol CAS No 67-97-0 Molecular weight 384,6377 g/mol Contents: Vitamin D 3 in the final product Whole milk ( 1 ) : 0,5–3,2 μg/100 g ( 2 ) Semi-skimmed milk ( 1 ) : 0,1–1,5 μg/100 g ( 2 ) ( 1 ) As defined by Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 ( OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671 ). ( 2 ) HPLC
ANNEX II AUTHORISED USES OF UV-TREATED MILK Food category Range of vitamin D 3 Pasteurised whole milk ( 1 ) 5–32 μg/kg for general population excluding infants Pasteurised semi-skimmed milk ( 1 ) 1–15 μg/kg for general population excluding infants ( 1 ) Consumed as such.
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