Article 1
Open ↗The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Source
Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/2309 of 16 October 2026 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 specifications for enzymatically produced steviol glycosides to include rebaudioside M produced via enzymatic conversion of highly purified rebaudioside A stevia leaf extract (E 960c(ii)) using the genetically modified yeast K. phaffii CGMCC 7539
Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/2309 of 16 October 2026 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 specifications for enzymatically produced steviol glycosides to include rebaudioside M produced via enzymatic conversion of highly purified rebaudioside A stevia leaf extract (E 960c(ii)) using the genetically modified yeast K. phaffii CGMCC 7539
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Article 2
Open ↗This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
Open ↗ANNEX In the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012, the entry for E 960c(ii) REBAUDIOSIDE M PRODUCED VIA ENZYMATIC CONVERSION OF HIGHLY PURIFIED REBAUDIOSIDE A STEVIA LEAF EXTRACTS is amended as follows: (1) the specification ‘Definition’ is replaced by the following: ‘ Definition Rebaudioside M produced via enzymatic conversion of highly purified rebaudioside A stevia leaf extracts is a steviol glycoside composed predominantly of rebaudioside M with minor amounts of other steviol glycosides, such as rebaudioside A, rebaudioside B and rebaudioside D. Rebaudioside M is produced via enzymatic conversion of highly purified steviol glycoside rebaudioside A extracts (95 % steviol glycosides) obtained from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant using UDP-glucosyltransferase and sucrose synthase enzymes produced by the genetically modified strains of E. coli (pPM294, pFAF170 and pSK401) or of K. phaffii (CGMCC 7539) that facilitate the transfer of glucose from sucrose and UDP-glucose to steviol glycosides via glycosidic bonds. After removal of the enzymes by solid–liquid separation and heat treatment, the purification involves concentration of the rebaudioside M by resin adsorption, followed by recrystallisation of the steviol glycosides resulting in a final product containing not less than 95 % of rebaudioside M. Viable cells of E. coli (pPM294, pFAF170 and pSK401) or K. phaffii (CGMCC 7539) and their DNA shall not be detected in the food additive.’ (2) in the specification ‘Purity’, the following entry is inserted after the entry for ‘Residual solvent’: ‘Kaurenoic acid Not more than 0,3 mg/kg (measured by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry detection)’
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