SCHEDULE 1Amendments to the domestic list of food additives approved for use in foods in Annex 2 to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008
Provision concerning addition to the domestic list of E 960b (steviol glycosides from fermentation) and E 960c(ii) (rebaudioside M, AM and D produced via enzymatic conversion of highly purified steviol glycosides from Stevia leaf extracts)
2.
In Part B (list of all additives), in paragraph 2 (sweeteners), in the table, after the entry for “E 960a” (steviol glycosides from Stevia) insert the following entry—
“E 960b
Steviol glycosides from fermentation”.
3.
In Part C (definitions of groups of additives), in paragraph 5 (other additives that may be regulated combined), in sub-paragraph (v)—
(a)
in the text before the table, for “E 960a and E 960c: Steviol Glycosides” substitute “E 960a – E 960c: Steviol glycosides”
;
(b)
in the table, after the entry for “E 960a” (steviol glycosides from Stevia) insert the following entry—
“E 960b
Steviol glycosides from fermentation”.
4.
In Part E (authorised food additives and conditions of use in food categories), in the table, for “E 960a and E 960c”, in each place it occurs, substitute “E 960a – E 960c”
.