UK Consults on the Authorization of One Novel Food and One Food Additive

In October 2022, Food Standards Agency (FSA) of UK has consulted on the authorization of four substances as listed below. However, errors were found in the original consultation later. Hence, on Jan 24, 2023, FSA updated the consultation and started to seek stakeholders’ comments on the involved two substances, namely, “RP1158 Vitamin D2 mushroom powder” and “RP1194 Rebaudioside M”. Comments should be sent to [email protected] prior to February 6, 2023 with the subject ”Regulated products consultation” and relevant RP number.

Table 1: Four miscellaneous regulated products in the original consultation

RP Number	Name	Type
RP1158	Vitamin D2 mushroom powder	Novel foods
RP1292	UV-treated baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)	Novel foods
RP1382	3-(1-((3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)methyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-1-(3-hydroxybenzyl)imidazolidine-2,4-dione	Flavoring
RP1194	Rebaudioside M	Food additive

Corrections to the Involved Two Substances

RP1158 Vitamin D2 mushroom powder

The proposed maximum level of vitamin D2 in milk and dairy powders shall be changed into 21.3µg/100g. Moreover, the maximum level of vitamin D2 in dairy products and analogues as beverages was omitted in the accessible version of the original consultation.

Amendment A: Revision to Table 1 of Annex B

	Specific food category	Proposed maximum level of Vitamin D2
Error in the original consultation	Milk and dairy products	1.1µg/100ml (marketed as such or reconstituted as instructed by the manufacturers)
Amendment in this consultation	Milk and dairy powders	21.3µg/100g (marketed as such or reconstituted as instructed by the manufacturer)

Amendment B: Addition to Table 1 of Annex B

	Specific food category	Proposed maximum level of Vitamin D2
Amendment in this consultation	Dairy products and analogues as beverages	1.1µg/100 ml (marketed as such or reconstituted as instructed by the manufacturer)

RP1194 Rebaudioside M

FSA consulted on the amendment of the specification of the food additive steviol glycosides (E 960), to include a new method for the production of rebaudioside M (E 960c, enzymatically produced steviol glycosides), being used as an existing permitted low-calorie, high intensity sweetener. The name and E number of the existing additive E 960 steviol glycosides need to be changed to E 960a steviol glycosides from stevia. Moreover, the following new entry is inserted after the entry for E 960, "E 960c(i) Rebaudioside M produced via the enzyme modification of steviol glycosides from stevia."