Authorised Regulated Food and Feed Products for Great Britain

Authorisation end date: Authorisation was removed from the domestic list on 28 June 2024

Transitional provision: For full details of the transitional provisions for this flavouring substance please refer to the guidance notes and the relevant legislation. In summary, foods (including the flavouring substance itself) can remain on the market until their best before or use by date if the foods (or flavouring) were already lawfully present in the UK or already in transit to UK, before the 28 June 2024. Foods which contain the flavouring (or the flavouring itself) which were permitted to remain on the market after 28 June 2024, can used in foods which themselves can be placed on the market after 28 June 2024 and remain on sale until their best before or use by date

Notes: Ammonium, sodium, potassium and calcium salts as well as chlorides, carbonates and sulphates are covered by the generic substances, providing that they have flavouring properties.

If the authorised flavouring substance is a racemate (an equal mixture of optical isomers), both the R- and S- form shall also be authorised for use. If only the R-form has been authorised then the S-form is not covered by this authorisation and vice versa.

Maximum levels refer to levels in or on food as marketed. By way of derogation from that principle, for dried and/or concentrated foods which need to be reconstituted the maximum levels shall apply to the food as reconstituted according to the instructions in the labelling taking into account the minimum dilution factor.

The presence of a flavouring substance shall be permitted:
(a) in a compound food other than as referred to in the Annex, where the flavouring substance is permitted in one of the ingredients of the compound food;
(b) in a food which is to be used solely in the preparation of a compound food and provided that the compound food complies with this Regulation.

3-(5-Methyl-2-furyl)prop-2-enal