Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1027 of 8 April 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the specifications of the novel food galacto-oligosaccharide

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1027
• Articles: 3

Article 1

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 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

In Table 2 (‘

Specifications

’) of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, the entry for ‘Galacto-oligosaccharide’ is replaced by the following:

Authorised Novel Food

Specifications

‘ Galacto-oligosaccharide

Description/Definition:

Galacto-oligosaccharide is produced from milk lactose by an enzymatic process using β-galactosidases from Aspergillus oryzae, Bifidobacterium bifidum, Pichia pastoris, Sporobolomyces singularis, Kluyveromyces lactis and Papiliotrema terrestris .

GOS: min. 46 % Dry Matter (DM)

Lactose: max. 40 % DM

Glucose: max. 22 % DM

Ash: max. 4,0 % DM

Protein: max. 4,5 % DM

Nitrite: max. 2 mg/kg’