Article 1
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1462 of 28 September 2018 amending the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards specifications for certain sorbitan esters (E 491 Sorbitan monostearate, E 492 Sorbitan tristearate and E 495 Sorbitan monopalmitate) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1462 of 28 September 2018 amending the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards specifications for certain sorbitan esters (E 491 Sorbitan monostearate, E 492 Sorbitan tristearate and E 495 Sorbitan monopalmitate) (Text with EEA relevance.)
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended as follows: (1) In the entry for the food additive E 491 Sorbitan monostearate, the specification as regards ‘congealing range’ is replaced by the following: ‘Identification test by acid value, iodine value (not more than 4), gas chromatography’ (2) In the entry for the food additive E 492 Sorbitan tristearate, the specification as regards ‘congealing range’ is replaced by the following: ‘Identification test by acid value, iodine value (not more than 4), gas chromatography’ (3) In the entry for the food additive E 495 Sorbitan monopalmitate, the specification as regards ‘congealing range’ is replaced by the following: ‘Identification test by acid value, iodine value (not more than 4), gas chromatography’
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