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Consolidated text: Commission Implementing Decision of 19 March 2014 authorising the placing on the market of (6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid, glucosamine salt as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2014) 1683) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (2014/154/EU)

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION

of 19 March 2014

authorising the placing on the market of (6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid, glucosamine salt as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(notified under document C(2014) 1683)

(Only the Italian text is authentic)

(2014/154/EU)

(OJ L 085 21.3.2014, p. 10)

Amended by:

 

 

Official Journal

  No

page

date

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2014/916/EU of 15 December 2014

  L 360

58

17.12.2014




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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION

of 19 March 2014

authorising the placing on the market of (6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid, glucosamine salt as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(notified under document C(2014) 1683)

(Only the Italian text is authentic)

(2014/154/EU)



Article 1

(6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid, glucosamine salt as a source of folate as specified in the Annex may be placed on the market in the Union as a novel food ingredient to be used in food supplements without prejudice to the specific provisions of Directive 2002/46/EC.

Article 2

The designation of (6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid, glucosamine salt, authorised by this Decision on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘(6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid, glucosamine salt’ or ‘5MTHF-glucosamine’.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to Gnosis SpA, Via Lavoratori Autobianchi 1, 20832 Desio (MB), Italy.




ANNEX

SPECIFICATION OF (6S)-5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID, GLUCOSAMINE SALT

Definition:



Chemical name

N-[4-[[[(6S)-2-amino-1,4,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-5-methyl-4-oxo-6-pteridinyl]methyl]amino]benzoyl]-L-glutamic acid, glucosamine salt

Chemical formula

C32H51N9O16

Molecular weight

817,80 g/mol (anhydrous)

Description: Creamy to light-brown powder.

Identification:



CAS No.

1181972-37-1

Purity:



Diastereoisomeric purity

At least 99 % of (6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid

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Glucosamine assay

34-46 % in dry basis

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5-Methyltetrahydrofolic acid assay

54-59 % in dry basis

Water content

Not more than 8,0 %

Lead

Not more than 2,0 ppm

Cadmium

Not more than 1,0 ppm

Mercury

Not more than 0,1 ppm

Arsenic

Not more than 2,0 ppm

Boron

Not more than 10 ppm

Microbiological criteria:



Total aerobic microbial count

Not more than 100 cfu/g

Total combined yeast and moulds

Not more than 100 cfu/g

Escherichia coli

Absent in 10 g

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