ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
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’.