Regulation (EU) 2023/915 is amended as follows:
(1)
Article 10(1) is amended as follows:
(a)
the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:
‘Food lawfully placed on the market prior to the dates referred to in points (a) to (s) may remain on the market until their date of minimum durability or use-by date:’;
(b)
the following point (s) is added:
‘(s)
1 January 2028 as regards the maximum levels for sum of furan, 2-methylfuran and 3-methylfuran, expressed as furan, set out in point 5.6 of Annex I’;
(2)
Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
It shall apply from 1 January 2028.
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX
In Section 5 ‘Processing contaminants’ of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/915, the entry 5.6 ‘Sum of furan, 2-methylfuran and 3-methylfuran, expressed as furan’ is added:
‘5.6
Sum of furan, 2-methylfuran and 3-methylfuran, expressed as furan
Maximum levels (μg/kg)
Remarks
For the sum of furan, 2-methylfuran and 3-methylfuran, expressed as furan, maximum levels refer to lower bound concentrations, which are calculated on the assumption that all the values below the limit of quantification are zero.
A factor of 0,83 is applied to the level of 2-methylfuran and 3-methylfuran and the maximum level refers to the sum of furan + 0,83 × 2-methylfuran + 0,83 × 3-methylfuran
5.6.1
Processed cereal-based food for infants and young children ( 3 )
40
5.6.2
Baby food ( 3 )
5.6.2.1
Dairy-based and fruit-based baby food
Baby food consisting of a mixture of dairy and fruit.
30
The maximum level applies to baby food containing at least 80 % of dairy, fruit or of a mixture of dairy and fruit.’
5.6.2.2
Other baby food
80
