ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II In Part C of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, the following entry is added: Number Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity ( 1 ) Date of approval Specific provisions ‘24 Chitosan CAS No: 9012-76-4 EC No: 618-480-0 Chemical name (not IUPAC): poly[4-O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β-D-glucopyranosyl)-2-amino-2-deoxy-β-D-glucopyranose] ≥ 85 % chitosan heavy metals: max. 20 mg/kg Food grade, meeting the specifications for “chitosan extract from fungi” as set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 ( 2 ) 11 April 2022 Chitosan shall be used in accordance with the specific conditions included in the conclusions of the review report on chitosan (SANTE/10594/2021) and in particular Appendices I and II thereto.’ ( 1 ) Further details on identity, specification and manner of use of basic substance are provided in the review report. ( 2 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 of 20 December 2017 establishing the Union list of novel foods in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods ( OJ L 351, 30.12.2017, p. 72 ).