Article 1
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/2597 of 4 October 2024 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of sorbic acid (E 200) and potassium sorbate (E 202) and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards the specifications for sorbic acid (E 200), potassium sorbate (E 202) and propyl gallate (E 310)
Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/2597 of 4 October 2024 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of sorbic acid (E 200) and potassium sorbate (E 202) and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards the specifications for sorbic acid (E 200), potassium sorbate (E 202) and propyl gallate (E 310)
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Article 2
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3
The food additives sorbic acid (E 200), potassium sorbate (E 202) and propyl gallate (E 310) that have been lawfully placed on the market before 27 April 2025 may be added to food in accordance with Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 until the exhaustion of stocks. Foods, containing sorbic acid (E 200), potassium sorbate (E 202) or propyl gallate (E 310) that has been lawfully placed on the market before 27 April 2025, may be placed on the market until their date of minimum durability or ‘use-by date’.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . Points (1)(b), (2)(b) and (3) of Annex II shall apply from 27 April 2025.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I In Part E of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, in food category 16 ‘Desserts excluding products covered in categories 1, 3 and 4’, the entry for the use of sorbic acid – potassium sorbate (E 200-202) in frugtgrød, rote Grütze and pasha at 1 000 mg/kg is replaced by the following: ‘E 200-202 Sorbic acid – potassium sorbate 1 000 (1) (2) only frugtgrød, rote Grütze and pasha ; fruit-flavoured water-based gelatine desserts’
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended as follows: (1) the entry for ‘E 200 sorbic acid’ is amended as follows: (a) the specification ‘Description’ is replaced by the following: ‘ Description Colourless needles or white free flowing crystalline powder, having a slight characteristic odour and showing no change in colour after heating for 90 minutes at 105 °C’; (b) the specification ‘Purity’ is replaced by the following: ‘ Purity Water content Not more than 0,5 % (Karl Fischer method) Sulphated ash Not more than 0,2 % Aldehydes Not more than 0,1 % (as formaldehyde) Arsenic Not more than 0,1 mg/kg Lead Not more than 0,1 mg/kg Mercury Not more than 0,01 mg/kg Zinc Not more than 0,1 mg/kg’; (2) the entry for ‘E 202 potassium sorbate’ is amended as follows: (a) the specification ‘Description’ is replaced by the following: ‘ Description White crystalline powder or granules showing no change in colour after heating for 90 minutes at 105 °C’; (b) the specification ‘Purity’ is replaced by the following: ‘ Purity Loss on drying Not more than 1,0 % (105 °C, 3 hours) Acidity or alkalinity Not more than about 1,0 % (as sorbic acid or K 2 CO 3 ) Aldehydes Not more than 0,1 %, calculated as formaldehyde Arsenic Not more than 0,1 mg/kg Lead Not more than 0,1 mg/kg Mercury Not more than 0,01 mg/kg Zinc Not more than 0,1 mg/kg’; (3) the entry for ‘E 310 propyl gallate’ is amended as follows: (a) the specification ‘Definition’ is replaced by the following: ‘ Definition Propyl gallate is produced by the esterification of gallic acid with propanol. The reaction is catalysed by sulphuric acid. Einecs 204-498-2 Chemical name Propyl gallate; Propyl ester of gallic acid; n-propyl ester of 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid Chemical formula C 10 H 12 O 5 Molecular weight 212,20 Assay Content not less than 98 % on the anhydrous basis’; (b) the specification ‘Purity’ is replaced by the following: ‘ Purity Loss on drying Not more than 0,5 % (110 °C, 4 hours) Sulphated ash Not more than 0,1 % Free acid Not more than 0,5 % (as gallic acid) Specific absorption in ethanol (275 nm) not less than 485 and not more than 520 Arsenic Not more than 0,1 mg/kg Lead Not more than 0,3 mg/kg Mercury Not more than 0,1 mg/kg’.
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