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10.2.3 Speciic purity Criteria
Directivesforspeciiccriteriaofpurityarelistedasfollows.
Directive2008/60/EC(OJL158of18June2008)—Speciiccriteriaofpurityconcerningsweeteners
foruseinfoodstuffs.Purityincludeswatercontent,sulphatedash,reducingsugars,chlorides,sul-
phates,nickel,lead,andarsenicasheavymetals.
Directive98/66(OJL257,19September1998)—PuritycriteriaforisomaltitolE953.
Directive2000/51(OJL198,04August2000)—PuritycriteriaformannitolE421andmaltitolsyrup
E965ii.
Directive2001/52(OJL190,12July2011)—Puritycriteriaformannitolandacesulfame-KE950.
Directive2006/128/EC(EuropeanCommission2006a)—Itisnecessarytoadoptspeciiccriteriafor
E968erythritol,anewfoodadditiveauthorizedbyDirective2006/52/ECoftheEuropeanParliament
andoftheCouncilof5July2006,amendingDirective95/2/EConfoodadditivesotherthancolors
andsweetenersandDirective94/35/EConsweetenersforuseinfoodstuffs.
AnumberoflanguageversionsofDirective95/31/ECcontainsomeerrorsregardingthefol-
lowingsubstances:E954SACanditssodium,potassium,andcalciumsalts;E955SCL;E962salt
ofASP-ACS;E965(i)maltitol;andE966lactitol.Thoseerrorsneedtobecorrected.Inaddition,it
isnecessarytotakeintoaccountthespeciicationsandanalyticaltechniquesforadditivesassetout
intheCodexAlimentariusasdraftedbytheJointFAO/WHOExpertCommitteeonFoodAdditives
(JECFA).Inparticular,whereappropriate,thespeciicpuritycriteriahavebeenadaptedtorelect
thelimitsforindividualheavymetalsofinteresttotheEFSAinitsscientiicopinionexpressedon
19April2006,whichconcludedthatthecompositionofmaltitolsyrupbasedonanewproduction
methodwillbesimilartotheexistingproductandwillbeinaccordancewiththeexistingspeciica-
tion.ItisthereforenecessarytoamendthedeinitionofE965(ii)maltitolsyrupsetoutinDirective
95/31/ECforE965byincludingthatnewproductionmethod.Maltitolsyrupisamixtureconsisting
ofmainlymaltitolwithsorbitolandhydrogenatedoligosaccharidesandpolysaccharides.Itismanu-
facturedbythecatalytichydrogenationofhighmaltose-contentglucosesyruporbythehydrogena-
tionofitsindividualcomponentsfollowedbyblending.Thearticleofcommerceissuppliedbothas
asyrupandasolidproduct.
10.2.4 Labeling
10.2.4.1 Directive 96/21/EC [OJ L 88 of 05 April 1996]
TheCouncilDirectiveof29March1996amendsCommissionDirective94/54/ECconcerning
thecompulsoryindicationonthelabelingofcertainfoodstuffsofparticularsotherthanthosepro-
videdforinCouncilDirective79/112/EEC.
Thisdirectiverequiresfoodlabelstoincluderelevantinformationonthesweetenerscontained
infoodstuffs.Italsostipulatesthatwarningsshouldappearonthelabelsoffoodstuffscontaining
ASPorpolyols.
10.2.4.2 Directive 2008/5/EC [OJ L 27 of 31 January 2008]
Other compulsory indications, apart from those provided for in Directive 2000/13/EC, must
beshownonthelabelsofcertainfoodstuffs(forexample,“packagedinaprotectiveatmosphere”
or“withsweeteners”)inordertobetterinformtheconsumer(EuropeanCommission2008a).For
foodstuffs containing ASP, labeling should indicate that it “contains a source of phenylalanine.”
Confectionerycontainingglycyrrhizinicacidoritsammoniumsaltasaresultoftheadditionofthe
substance(s)assuchorthelicoriceplant Glycyrrhiza glabra atconcentrationsof4g/kgorabove