
Article 1 
UV-treated milk as specified in Annex I to this Decision may be placed on the market in the Union as a novel food for the uses defined and at the maximum levels established in Annex II to this Decision without prejudice to the specific provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006.
Article 2 
The designation of UV-treated milk authorised by this Decision for the labelling of the foodstuffs shall be ‘UV-treated’.
Where UV-treated milk contains an amount of vitamin D that is considered significant in accordance with Point 2 of Part A of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the designation for the labelling shall be accompanied by ‘contains vitamin D produced by UV-treatment’ or ‘milk containing vitamin D resulting from UV-treatment’.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to Dairy Crest Ltd, Claygate House, Littleworth Road, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9PN, United Kingdom.
Done at Brussels, 19 July 2016.
For the Commission
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I
UV-treated milk is cow's milk (whole and semi-skimmed) to which a treatment with ultraviolet (UV) radiation via turbulent flow is applied after pasteurisation. The treatment of the pasteurised milk with UV radiation results in an increase in the vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) concentrations by conversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol to vitamin D3.

UV radiation: a process of radiation in ultraviolet light within the wavelength of 200-310 nm with energy input of 1 045 J/l.


Chemical name (1S,3Z)-3-[(2E)-2-[(1R,3aS,7aR)-7a-methyl-1-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-2,3,3a,5,6,7-hexahydro-1H-inden-4-ylidene]ethylidene]-4-methylidenecyclohexan-1-ol
Synonym Cholecalciferol
CAS No 67-97-0
Molecular weight 384,6377 g/mol


Vitamin D3 in the final product Whole milk: 0,5–3,2 μg/100 gSemi-skimmed milk: 0,1–1,5 μg/100 g



ANNEX II

Food category Range of vitamin D3
Pasteurised whole milk 5–32 μg/kg for general population excluding infants
Pasteurised semi-skimmed milk 1–15 μg/kg for general population excluding infants
