European Union (EU) Amends Food Additives Regulation No 1333/2008 on Stabilizers and Use of Ferrous Lactate

From June 18, 2019, the European Union (EU) will apply the amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 as published in “Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/891 of 28 May 2019 amending Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the functional class of ‘stabilisers’ and the use of ferrous lactate (E 585) on the mushroom Albatrellus ovinus as a food ingredient in Swedish liver pâtés.“

Changes include the following:

• Update of the definition of “stabilizers” reported in entry 24 of Annex I;
• Update of the restriction for ferrous lactate (E 585) under food category 04.2.2 ‘Fruit and vegetables in vinegar, oil, or brine’ and 04.2.3 ‘Canned or bottled fruit and vegetables’.

Check the changes in our REGDATA® from tomorrow June 20, 2019, or view the full text of the amendment at Id 198775 of our Food Law Library.