ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended as follows: (1) in the entry for ‘E 249 potassium nitrite’, the specification ‘Purity’ is replaced by the following: ‘ Purity Loss on drying Not more than 3 % (4 hours, over silica gel) Arsenic Not more than 0,1 mg/kg Lead Not more than 0,1 mg/kg Mercury Not more than 0,1 mg/kg’; (2) in the entry for ‘E 250 sodium nitrite’, the specification ‘Purity’ is replaced by the following: ‘ Purity Loss on drying Not more than 0,25 % (4 hours, over silica gel) Arsenic Not more than 0,1 mg/kg Lead Not more than 0,1 mg/kg Mercury Not more than 0,1 mg/kg’; (3) in the entry for ‘E 251 sodium nitrate’, part ‘(i) solid sodium nitrate’, the specification ‘Purity’ is replaced by the following: ‘ Purity Loss on drying Not more than 2 % (105 °C, 4 hours) Nitrites Not more than 30 mg/kg expressed as NaNO 2 Arsenic Not more than 0,1 mg/kg Lead Not more than 0,1 mg/kg Mercury Not more than 0,1 mg/kg’; (4) in the entry for ‘E 251 sodium nitrate’, part ‘(ii) liquid sodium nitrate’, the specification ‘Purity’ is replaced by the following: ‘ Purity Free nitric acid Not more than 0,01 % Nitrites Not more than 10 mg/kg expressed as NaNO 2 Arsenic Not more than 0,1 mg/kg Lead Not more than 0,1 mg/kg Mercury Not more than 0,1 mg/kg’; (5) in the entry for ‘E 252 potassium nitrate’, the specification ‘Purity’ is replaced by the following: ‘ Purity Loss on drying Not more than 1 % (105 °C, 4 hours) Nitrites Not more than 20 mg/kg expressed as KNO 2 Arsenic Not more than 0,1 mg/kg Lead Not more than 0,1 mg/kg Mercury Not more than 0,1 mg/kg’.