Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1396 of 11 August 2022 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 the presence of ethylene oxide in food additives (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Regulation (EU) 2022/1396
• Articles: 3

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

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 .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended as follows:

(1)

the introductory text ‘ Note: Ethylene oxide may not be used for sterilising purposes in food additives’ is replaced by the following:

‘Ethylene oxide may not be used for sterilising purposes in food additives.

No residue above 0,1 mg/kg, irrespective of its origin, of ethylene oxide (sum of ethylene oxide and 2-chloro-ethanol expressed as ethylene oxide  ( *1 ) ) shall be present in food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, including mixtures of food additives.

( *1 )   i.e. ethylene oxide + 0,55* 2-chloroethanol.’;"

(2)

in the entries for E 431 polyoxyethylene (40) stearate, E 432 polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate (polysorbate 20), E 433 polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate (polysorbate 80), E 434 polyoxyethylene sorbitan monopalmitate (polysorbate 40), E 435 polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate (polysorbate 60), E 436 polyoxyethylene sorbitan tristearate (polysorbate 65), E 1209 polyvinyl alcohol-polyethylene glycol- graft -copolymer and E 1521 polyethylene glycol, under the specification ‘Purity’, the row ‘Ethylene oxide’ is deleted.

( *1 )   i.e. ethylene oxide + 0,55* 2-chloroethanol.’;’