إجراء مقترح من الاتحاد الأوروبي: البقول

Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/196 amends Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 as regards the use of carrageenan (E 407), locust bean gum (E 410), guar gum (E 412), gum arabic (acacia gum) (E 414), xanthan gum (E 415), pectins (E 440) and starch sodium octenyl succinate (E 1450), and Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards specifications for locust bean gum (E 410), guar gum (E 412), gum arabic (acacia gum) (E 414), xanthan gum (E 415), pectins (E 440) and starch sodium octenyl succinate (E 1450). The safety of the mentioned food additives was re-evaluated by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in the context of the EU programme for the re-evaluation of approved food additives. In its scientific opinions on the follow-up to the re-evaluation of the above-mentioned food additives, EFSA recommended some modifications to the existing EU specifications. In line with the EFSA opinions, the draft measure proposes to lower or include maximum limits for toxic elements present as impurities, to include maximum limits for aluminium present as impurity, to include the maximum protein content and to harmonise the microbiological criteria among the different hydrocolloids. Since the submitted data for guar gum (E 412) are not sufficient to support the safe use in food for infants and young children, the draft measure proposes to withdraw the authorisation for guar gum in the relevant food categories. As regards the EFSA recommendation related to the need for an absence of a…