Annex
United Kingdom
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is amended as follows:
- (1)
Section 2.2 Ochratoxin A is amended as follows:
- (a)
Point 2.2.2 is replaced by the following:
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2.2.2. All products derived from unprocessed cereals, including processed cereal products and cereals intended for direct human consumption with the exception of foodstuffs listed in 2.2.9, 2.2.10 and 2.2.13 3,0 ”
- (b)
Point 2.2.11 is replaced by the following:
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2.2.11. Spices, including dried spices Piper spp (fruits thereof, including white and black pepper)
Myristica fragrans (nutmeg)
Zingiber officinale (ginger)
Curcuma longa (turmeric)
15 μg/kg Capsicum spp. (dried fruits thereof, whole or ground, including chillies, chilli powder, cayenne and paprika) 30 μg/kg until 31.12.2014
15 μg/kg as from 1.1.2015
Mixtures of spices containing one of the abovementioned spices 15 μg/kg ”
- (c)
The following point 2.2.13 is inserted after point 2.2.12:
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2.2.13. Wheat gluten not sold directly to the consumer 8,0 ”
- (a)
- (2)
The following section 7: Melamine and its structural analogues is added:
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Section 7:
Melamine and its structural analogues
The maximum level does not apply to food for which it can be proven that the level of melamine higher than 2,5 mg/kg is the consequence of authorized use of cyromazine as insecticide. The melamine level shall not exceed the level of cyromazine.
Foodstuffs Maximum levels(mg/kg) 7.1. Melamine 7.1.1. Food with the exception of infant formulae and follow-on formulaef1 2,5 7.1.2. Powdered infant formulae and follow-on formulae 1 ”
Annotations
Footnotes
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The maximum level does not apply to food for which it can be proven that the level of melamine higher than 2,5 mg/kg is the consequence of authorized use of cyromazine as insecticide. The melamine level shall not exceed the level of cyromazine.