Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1272 of 29 July 2019 correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 establishing the Union list of novel foods and Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2078 authorising an extension of use of yeast beta-glucans as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance.)

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1272
• Articles: 4

Article 1

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is corrected in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2078 is corrected in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

(1)

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is corrected as follows:

(a)

the entry for Echinacea purpurea extract from cell cultures in Table 1 (Authorised novel foods) is replaced by the following:

Authorised novel food

Conditions under which the novel food may be used

Additional specific labelling requirements

Other requirements

‘

Echinacea purpurea

extract from cell cultures

Specified food category

Maximum levels

The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘dried extract of Echinacea purpurea from cell cultures EchiPure-PC™’’

Food Supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC

In line with normal use in food supplements of a similar extract from florets within the flower head of Echinacea purpurea

(b)

the entry for Echinacea purpurea extract from cell cultures in Table 2 (Specifications) is replaced by the following:

Authorised novel food

Specification

‘

Echinacea purpurea

extract from cell cultures

Description/Definition:

Dried extract of Echinacea purpurea from cell cultures EchiPure-PC™’

(c)

the entries for Yeast beta-glucans in Table 2 (Specifications) under the heading Heavy metals for insoluble in water, but dispersible in many liquid matrices are replaced by the following:

‘Lead: < 0,2 mg/kg

Arsenic: < 0,2 mg/kg

Mercury: < 0,1 mg/kg

Cadmium: < 0,1 mg/kg’

(2)

Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2078 is corrected as follows:

The entries for Lead, Arsenic, Mercury and Cadmium in the Table Specifications of Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) beta-glucans are replaced by the following:

‘Lead

< 0,2 mg/kg

Arsenic

< 0,2 mg/kg

Mercury

< 0,1 mg/kg

Cadmium

< 0,1 mg/kg’