Commission removes the flavouring substance benzen-1,2-diol from the Union list

With implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2856 of 12 November 2024, the Commission amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the removal of the flavouring substance Benzene-1,2-diol (FL No. 04.029) from the Union list.

Taking into consideration the low use of this flavouring substance and in order to ensure a smooth transition from the rules existing prior to this Regulation, foods to which Benzene-1,2-diol (FL No. 04.029) has been added and which have been placed on the market in the Union or which are in transit from third countries to the Union before the entry into force of this Regulation should be allowed to be marketed in the Union until their date of minimum durability or use-by date. The transitional measure should not apply to the substance itself and to preparations to which this substance has been added and which are not intended to be consumed as such, as the manufacturers of food products that use those preparations as ingredients know their composition when they use them.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

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