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 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
SANTE/10056/2019 ANNEX       
(POOL/E2/2019/10056/10056 -EN 
ANNEX.docx)                                  
D060605/03  
[…](2019) XXX  draft  
ANNEX  
 
ANNEX  
to the  
Commission Regulation (EU)  
amending  Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of citrinin in food 
supplements based on rice fermented with red yeast Monascus purpureus    
EN 1  EN ANNEX  
 
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is amended as follows:  
(1) In section 2 of the Annex  to Regulation  (EC)  No 1881/2006, the following entr y2.8.1 
is replaced by:  
“Foodstuffs (1) Maximum levels (µg/kg)  
2.8 Citrinin    
2.8.1  Food supplements based on rice 
fermented with red yeast 
Monascus purpureus  100”  
(2) The footnote “ (*) The maximum level is to be reviewed before 1 January 2016 in the 
light of information on exposure to citrinin from other foodstuffs and updated 
information on the toxicity of citrinin in particular as regards carcinogenicity and 
genotoxicity" is deleted.  