Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1091 of 10 April 2017 amending the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of substances that may be added to processed cereal-based food and baby food and to food for special medical purposes (Text with EEA relevance. )

• Published date: 21 June 2017
• Subject Matter: Consumer protection,Foodstuffs
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 158, 21 June 2017

21.6.2017 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 158/5

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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2017/1091

of 10 April 2017

amending the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of substances that may be added to processed cereal-based food and baby food and to food for special medical purposes

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commissions Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009 (1), and in particular Article 16 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 establishes a Union list of substances that may be added to one or more of the categories of food referred to in Article 1(1). In accordance with Article 22 of that Regulation, the Union list will apply from the date of application of the delegated acts concerned, adopted pursuant to Article 11 of the same Regulation. The Union list may be amended in accordance with the requirements laid down in Article 16 of that Regulation.

(2) In its Opinion of 6 January 2006 (2), the European Food Safety Authority (the Authority) concluded that the use of ferrous bisglycinate, as a source of iron in foods intended for the general population, food supplements, and foods for particular nutritional uses including foods intended for infants and young children does not present a safety concern.

(3) Ferrous bisglycinate was not included in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 for use, as a source of iron, in processed cereal-based food and baby food pending the review of the rules applicable to these products. As this review requires further on going scientific assessments that will not be concluded in the short term, it is not appropriate, in the light of good administrative practices, to further delay the update of the Union list as regards the inclusion of ferrous bisglycinate, as a source of iron in processed cereal-based

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