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)

• CELEX: Regulation (EU) 2024/2597
• Articles: 6

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

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.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

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 II

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’.