date:Nov 06, 2012
itional period of 18 months and then will be removed completely from public use, accept for Methyleugenol and Estragole, which were taken out of use in January 2011 with the introduction of the European Flavour Regulation (EC). The new list comes into force on the 22nd April 2013 up until then it is the responsibility of member states to decide if these flavourings can be used or not.
Overall the EC's and EFSA's work has been widely welcomed. The UK Food Standards agency (FSA) said: This will c