{"id":518184,"date":"2024-09-26T09:27:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T07:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/?p=518184"},"modified":"2024-10-04T09:35:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T07:35:15","slug":"allergen-exemption-for-behenic-acid-from-mustard-seeds-for-use-in-emulsifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stagingphytocontrol.shdesign.fr\/en\/regulatory-watch\/allergen-exemption-for-behenic-acid-from-mustard-seeds-for-use-in-emulsifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Allergen: exemption for behenic acid from mustard seeds for use in emulsifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[hover_box image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/graine-de-moutarde.png&#8221; image_hover=&#8221;https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/actu_publication-rasff-2016_02.jpg&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; target=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Annex II of Regulation (EU) 1169\/2011 <\/strong>sets out a list of substances or products that cause allergies or intolerances in sensitive individuals. Consumers must be informed of their presence in foodstuffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An amendment to this annex has just been published in <a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/FR\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX%3A32024R2512&amp;qid=1727340283693\"><strong>Regulation 2024\/2512<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mustard seeds <\/strong>are one of the <strong>allergens <\/strong>that must be labelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EFSA has issued an opinion on the likelihood of adverse reactions in susceptible individuals following the ingestion <strong>of behenic acid derived from mustard <\/strong>seeds and used, under specific conditions, in the manufacture of <strong>emulsifiers E470a <\/strong>(sodium, potassium and calcium salts of fatty acids), <strong>E471 <\/strong>(mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids) and <strong>E477 <\/strong>(propane-1,2-diol esters of fatty acids).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It concluded that it is extremely <strong>unlikely (probability \u2264 1%) <\/strong>that oral consumption of these emulsifiers would trigger an allergic reaction in people allergic to mustard under the proposed conditions of use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, Regulation 2024\/2512 <strong>removes emulsifiers made with behenic acid from mustard seeds (E 470a, E 471 and E 477) <\/strong>from the list of products that cause allergies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Point 10 of Annex II to Regulation 1169\/2011 is replaced by :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mustard and mustard-based products, with the exception of :<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>behenic acid with a minimum purity of 85% obtained after two distillation stages used in the manufacture of emulsifiers E 470a, E 471 and E 477.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regulation will apply from <strong>01\/04\/2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article 2 of this regulation specifies that foodstuffs legally placed on the market or labelled before 1 April 2025 which do not comply with this regulation may be marketed until stocks of these foodstuffs are exhausted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your Phytocontrol laboratory can analyse the 14 allergens subject to compulsory labelling. You can consult our COFRAC technical appendix N\u00b01-1904 available in your customer area or on the COFRAC website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Need technical, regulatory or pricing information? 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