Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1760 of 1 October 2015 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards removal from the Union list of the flavouring substance p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al (Text with EEA relevance)

• Coming into Force: 03 October 2015
• End of Effective Date: 31 December 9999
• Celex Number: 32015R1760
• ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2015/1760/oj
• Published date: 02 October 2015
• Date: 01 October 2015
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 257, 2 October 2015

2.10.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 257/27

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2015/1760

of 1 October 2015

amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards removal from the Union list of the flavouring substance p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91, Regulations (EC) No 2232/96 and (EC) No 110/2008 and Directive 2000/13/EC (1), and in particular Article 11(3) thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 of the 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(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 lays down a Union list of flavourings and source materials approved for use in and on foods and their conditions of use.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 872/2012 (3) adopted a list of flavouring substances and introduced that list in Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008.

(3) That list may be updated in accordance with the common procedure referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008, either on the initiative of the Commission or following an application submitted by a Member State or by an interested party.

(4) The flavouring substance p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al (FL-no 05.117) is included in the list as a flavouring substance under evaluation for which additional scientific data must be submitted. Such data has been submitted by the applicant.

(5) The European Food Safety Authority evaluated the submitted data and concluded in its scientific opinion of 24 June 2015 (4) that p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al (FL-no 05.117) is genotoxic in vivo and therefore its use as a flavouring substance raises a safety concern.

(6) The substance p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al (FL-no 05.117) occurs naturally in the peel of fruits from some plants from the genera Perilla, Citrus and others.

(7) Accordingly the use of p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al (FL-no 05.117) does not comply with the general conditions of use for flavourings set out in Article 4

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