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7.12.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
328/79
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1274/2013
of 6 December 2013
amending and correcting Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European
Parliament and of the Council and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as
regards certain food additives
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
for food additives as set out in the Joint FAO/WHO
Expert Committee on Food Additives’ specifications
adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and
also the International Numbering System for Food
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Additives, i.e., INS name ( 4 ).
Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December
2008 on food additives (
(6) The
currently
authorised
food
colour
‘Brilliant
Black
BN,

1 ), and in particular Articles 10(3),
14 and 30(5) thereof,
Black PN’ (E 151) should be renamed as ‘Brilliant Black
PN’ in the Union list of food additives approved for use
in foods and their conditions of use and in the specifi
cations for this additive for the purpose of clarity and in
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 of the
order to align it with its registered name in the INS.
European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December
2008 establishing a common authorisation procedure for
food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings ( 2 ), and in
particular Article 7(5) thereof,
(7)
At present, the definition of the food additive Algal
Carotenes (E 160a (iv)) in the specifications reads
Whereas:
‘Mixed carotenes may also be produced from strains of
the algae Dunaliella salina, grown in large saline lakes
located in Whyalla, South Australia. (…)’ referring to a
specific location where the algae are grown, namely,
(1) Annex
II
to
Regulation
(EC)
No
1333/2008
lays
down
a
Union list of food additives approved for use in foods
Whyalla. However, in the last years, global demand on
and their conditions of use.
algal carotenes has increased and further saline lakes have

been established in Australia and in other countries.
There is no mention or any restriction about the
location(s) where Dunaliella salina is grown in the
(2) Annex
III
to
Regulation
(EC)
No
1333/2008
lays
down
a
current Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food
Union list of food additives approved for use in food
Additives’ specifications for algal carotenes ( 5 ) and the
additives, food enzymes, flavourings, nutrients and their
European Food Safety Authority’s opinion on the re-
conditions of use.
evaluation of mixed carotenes (E 160a (i)) and beta-
carotene (E 160a (ii)) as a food additive ( 6 ). Therefore,
in order to avoid market disruption, the description of
Algal Carotenes (E 160a (iv)) in the specifications should
(3) Commission
Regulation
(EU)
No
231/2012
lays
down
be amended.
specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II
and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 ( 3 ).
(4) Those
lists
may
be
updated
in
accordance
with
the (8) Regulation
(EU)
No
231/2012
contains
errors
in
the
common procedure referred to in Article 3(1) of
specifications for Calcium Bisulphite (E 227) and
Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008, either on the initiative
Potassium Bisulphite (E 228). Those errors should be
of the Commission or following an application.
corrected.
( 4 ) International Numbering System for Food Additives (INS).
(5)
When updating the specifications it is necessary to take
( 5 ) Monograph 4 (2007) on CAROTENES (Algae) available at http://
into account the specifications and analytical techniques
www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-additives/specs/Monograph1/Additive-114.
pdf
( 6 ) EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food
( 1 ) OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 16.
(ANS); Scientific Opinion on the re-evaluation of Mixed Carotenes (E
( 2 ) OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 1.
160a (i)) and beta-Carotene (E 160a (ii)) as a food additive. EFSA
( 3 ) OJ L 83, 22.3.2012, p. 1.
Journal 2012; 10(3):2593.

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Official Journal of the European Union
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(9) Regulation
(EU)
No
231/2012
lays
down
specifications (12) Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008 and (EU) No 231/2012
also for Microcrystalline Cellulose (E 460(i)) which
should therefore be amended and corrected accordingly.
indicate that the synonym for this food additive is
Cellulose gel. Since the Codex Alimentarius adopted a
dual name for Microcrystalline Cellulose (E 460(i)), its
(13) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
designated INS name is ‘Microcrystalline cellulose (Cel
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
lulose gel)’. Taking into account previous practice (
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

1 )
and in order to ensure consistency, and to avoid any
disruption in trade, the dual name of Microcrystalline
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Cellulose, Cellulose Gel should be adopted for the food
additive (E 460(i)). Accordingly, the name ‘Cellulose gel’
should be removed from the entry ‘Synonyms’ in the
Article 1
specifications for that food additive and its name
Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 are
should be amended accordingly in Annex II to Regu
amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
lation (EC) No 1333/2008.
Article 2
(10) The
food
additive
‘Carboxy
methyl
cellulose,
Sodium
carboxy methyl cellulose, cellulose gum’ (E 466) should
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended in
be renamed as ‘Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose,
accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Cellulose gum’ in the Union list of food additives set
out in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No
1333/2008 and in the specifications for this additive
Article 3
for the purpose of clarity and in order to align it with
The food additives ‘Brilliant Black BN, Black PN’ (E 151) or
its registered name in the INS.
‘Carboxy methyl cellulose, Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose,
Cellulose gum’ (E 466) and foods containing those food
(11) Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No
additives, labelled or placed on the market up to twenty four
1331/2008, the Commission has to seek the opinion
months after the entry into force of this Regulation and which
of the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’)
do not comply with the requirements of this Regulation, may
in order to update the Union list of food additives set out
be marketed until the stocks are exhausted.
in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008,
except if the updates in question are not liable to have an
Article 4
effect on human health. Since the updates in the Union
lists referred to above are not liable to have an effect on
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
human health, it is not necessary to seek the opinion of
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
the Authority.
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 December 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) The proposed amendment is in line with other similar cases, such as
Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (E 466), Cross-linked sodium
carboxymethyl cellulose (E 468) and Enzymatically hydrolysed
carboxymethyl cellulose (E 469), to which dual names have been
attributed.

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ANNEX I
A. Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 is amended as follows:
(1) In Part A, table 3, the entry for food additive E 151 is replaced by the following:
EN
‘E 151 Brilliant
Black
PN’

(2) In Part B:
(a) in point 1 ‘Colours’, the entry for food additive E 151 is replaced by the following:
‘E 151 Brilliant
Black
PN’
icial
(b) in point 3 ‘Additives other than colours and sweeteners’, the entry for food additive E 466 is replaced by the following:
Jour
nal
of
‘E 466 Sodium
carboxy
methyl
cellulose,
Cellulose
gum’
the
European
(3) In Part C:
(a) in Group III: Food colours with combined maximum limit, the entry for food additive E 151 is replaced by the following:
Union
‘E 151 Brilliant
Black
PN’
(b) in Group I, the entry for food additive E 466 is replaced by the following:
‘E 466 Sodium
carboxy
methyl
cellulose,
Cellulose
gum quantum
satis’
(4) In Part E:
(a) in food category 09.2 ‘Processed fish and fishery products including molluscs and crustaceans’, the entry for food additive E 151 is replaced by the following:
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‘E 151 Brilliant
Black
PN 100 (35) only
fish
paste
and
crustacean
paste’

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(b) in food category 09.2 ‘Processed fish and fishery products including molluscs and crustaceans’, the entry for food additive E 151 is replaced by the following:
‘E 151 Brilliant
Black
PN 250 (36) only
precooked
crustacean’
EN
(c) in food category 09.2 ‘Processed fish and fishery products including molluscs and crustaceans’, the entry for food additive E 151 is replaced by the following:

‘E 151 Brilliant
Black
PN 100 (37) only
smoked
fish’
(d) in food category 11.4.1 ‘Table-top sweeteners in liquid form’, the entry for food additive E 460 (i) is replaced by the following:
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‘E 460 (i) Microcrystalline
Cellulose,
Cellulose
gel quantum
satis’
icial
Jour
nal
(e) in food category 11.4.3 ‘Table-top sweeteners in tablets’, the entry for food additive E 460 (i) is replaced by the following:
of
the
European
‘E 460 (i) Microcrystalline
Cellulose,
Cellulose
gel quantum
satis’
Union
(f) in food category 01.6.1 ‘Unflavoured pasteurised cream (excluding reduced fat creams)’, the entry for food additive E 466 is replaced by the following:
‘E 466 Sodium
carboxy
methyl
cellulose,
Cellulose
gum quantum
satis’
(g) in food category 01.6.2 ‘Unflavoured live fermented cream products and substitute products with a fat content of less than 20 %’, the entry for food additive E 466 is replaced by the following:
‘E 466 Sodium
carboxy
methyl
cellulose,
Cellulose
gum quantum
satis’
(h) in food category 11.4.1 ‘Table-top sweeteners in liquid form’, the entry for food additive E 466 is replaced by the following:
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‘E 466 Sodium
carboxy
methyl
cellulose,
Cellulose
gum quantum
satis’

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(i) in food category 11.4.2 ‘Table-top sweeteners in powder form’, the entry for food additive E 466 is replaced by the following:
‘E 466 Sodium
carboxy
methyl
cellulose,
Cellulose
gum quantum
satis’
EN
(j) in food category 11.4.3 ‘Table-top sweeteners in tablets’, the entry for food additive E 466 is replaced by the following:

‘E 466 Sodium
carboxy
methyl
cellulose,
Cellulose
gum quantum
satis’
(k) in food category 13.1.5.1 ‘Dietary foods for infants for special medical purposes and special formulae for infants’, the entry for food additive E 466 is replaced by the following:
icial
‘E 466 Sodium
carboxy
methyl
cellulose,
Cellulose
gum 10
000 From
birth
onwards
in
products
for
the
dietary
management
of
metabolic disorders’
Jour
nal
of
(l) in food category 13.1.5.2 ‘Dietary foods for babies and young children for special medical purposes as defined in Directive 1999/21/EC’, the entry for food additive E 466 is replaced by the following:
the
European
‘E 466 Sodium
carboxy
methyl
cellulose,
Cellulose
gum 10
000 From
birth
onwards
in
products
for
the
dietary
management of metabolic disorders’
Union
(m) in food category 14.1.3 ‘Fruit nectars as defined by Directive 2001/112/EC and vegetable nectars and similar products’, the entry for food additive E 466 is replaced by the following:
‘E 466 Sodium
carboxy
methyl
cellulose,
Cellulose
gum quantum
satis only
traditional
Swedish
and
Finnish
fruit
syrups
from citrus’
B. Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 is amended as follows:
(1) In Part 1, the entry for food additive E 466 is replaced by the following:
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‘E 466 Sodium
carboxy
methyl
cellulose,
Cellulose
gum quantum
satis All
food
additives’

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(2) In Part 3, the entry for food additive E 466 is replaced by the following:
‘E 466 Sodium
carboxy
methyl
cellulose,
quantum satis quantum
satis quantum
satis Yes’
Cellulose gum
EN
(3) In Part 5, Section A, the entry for food additive E 466 is replaced by the following:

‘E 466 Sodium
carboxy
methyl
cellulose,
quantum satis All
nutrients Yes’
Cellulose gum
(4) In Part 5, Section B, the entry for food additive E 466 is replaced by the following:
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‘E 466 Sodium
carboxy
methyl
cellulose,
For uses in nutrient preparations under the condition that All nutrients Dietary
foods
for
infants
and
young
icial
Cellulose gum
the maximum level in foods mentioned in point 13.1 of
children for special medical purposes as
Jour
Part E of Annex II is not exceeded
defined in Directive 1999/21/EC’
nal
of
(5) In Part 6, table 1, the entry for food additive E 466 is replaced by the following:
the
European
‘E 466 Sodium
carboxy
methyl
cellulose,
Cellulose
gum’
Union
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Journal
of
the
European
Union L
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ANNEX II
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended as follows:
(1) In the entry for E 160a (iv) Algal Carotenes, the specification as regards definition is replaced by the following:
‘Definition Mixed
carotenes
may
also
be
produced
from
strains
of
the
algae Dunaliella salina.
Beta-carotene is extracted using an essential oil. The preparation is a 20 to 30 %
suspension in edible oil. The ratio of trans-cis isomers is in the range of 50/50 to
71/29.
The main colouring principle consists of carotenoids of which beta- carotene
accounts for the major part. Alpha-carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin and beta-crypto
xanthin may be present. Besides the colour pigments, this substance may contain
oils, fats and waxes naturally occurring in the source material.’
(2) The entry for E 151 Brilliant Black BN, Black PN, is amended as follows:
(a) the heading is replaced by the following:
‘E 151 BRILLIANT BLACK PN’
(b) the specification as regards definition is replaced by the following:
‘Definition Brilliant
Black
PN
consists
essentially
of
tetrasodium-4-acetamido-5-
hydroxy-6-[7-
sulfonato-4-(4-sulfonatophenylazo)-1-naphthylazo] naphthalene-1,7-disulfonate and
subsidiary colouring matters together with sodium chloride and/or sodium
sulphate as the principal uncoloured components.
Brilliant Black PN is described as the sodium salt.
The calcium and the potassium salt are also permitted.’
(3) In the entry for E 227 Calcium Bisulphite, the heading is replaced by the following:
‘E 227 CALCIUM HYDROGEN SULPHITE’
(4) In the entry for E 228 Potassium Bisulphite, the heading is replaced by the following:
‘E 228 POTASSIUM HYDROGEN SULPHITE’
(5) The entry for E 460(i) Microcrystalline Cellulose is amended as follows:
(a) the heading is replaced by the following:
‘E 460 (i) MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE, CELLULOSE GEL’
(b) the specification as regards synonyms is replaced by the following:
‘Synonyms’
(6) The entry for E 466 Sodium Carboxy Methyl Cellulose, Carboxy Methyl Cellulose, Cellulose Gum is amended as
follows:
(a) the heading is replaced by the following:
‘E 466 SODIUM CARBOXY METHYL CELLULOSE, CELLULOSE GUM’
(b) the specification as regards synonyms is replaced by the following:
‘Synonyms NaCMC;
Sodium
CMC’
(c) the specification as regards definition is replaced by the following:
‘Definition Sodium
carboxy
methyl
cellulose
is
the
partial
sodium
salt
of
a
carboxymethyl
ether of cellulose, the cellulose being obtained directly from strains of fibrous
plant material’

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