Introductory text
United Kingdom
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/568
of 7 April 2015
amending Annex I to Implementing Decision 2012/725/EU as regards the definition of bovine lactoferrin
(notified under document C(2015) 2173)
(Only the English text is authentic)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredientsf1, and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Implementing Decision 2012/725/EUf2 authorises the placing on the market of bovine lactoferrin as a novel food ingredient.
(2)
Annex I to Implementing Decision 2012/725/EU lays down the specifications for bovine lactoferrin. Those specifications contain a definition of bovine lactoferrin. This definition should be amended to better describe the authorised novel food ingredient.
(3)
Implementing Decision 2012/725/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
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Footnotes
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Commission Implementing Decision 2012/725/EU of 22 November 2012 authorising the placing on the market of bovine lactoferrin as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Morinaga) (OJ L 327, 27.11.2012, p. 46).