
Article 1 
The novel chewing gum base as specified in the Annex may be placed on the market in the Union as a novel food ingredient for the use in chewing gum up to a maximum of 8 %.
Article 2 
The designation of the novel chewing gum base authorised by this Decision on the labelling of the foodstuff containing it shall be ‘gum base (including 1,3-butadiene, 2-methyl-homopolymer, maleated, esters with polyethylene glycol mono-Me ether)’ or ‘gum base (including CAS No: 1246080-53-4)’.
Article 3 
Implementing Decision 2011/882/EU is hereby repealed.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to Revolymer Ltd, 1, NewTech Square, Deeside Industrial Park, Deeside, Flintshire, CH5 2NT, United Kingdom.
Done at Brussels, 3 August 2012.
For the Commission
John DALLI
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
The novel food ingredient is a synthetic polymer (Patent number WO2006016179). It has a white to off-white colour.

It consists of branched polymers of monomethoxypolyethylene glycol (MPEG) grafted onto polyisoprene-graft-maleic anhydride (PIP-g-MA), and unreacted MPEG (less than 35 % by weight).

CAS No 1246080-53-4


Characterisitics of 1,3-butadiene, 2-methyl-homopolymer, maleated, esters with polyethylene glycol mono-Me ether/CAS No 1246080-53-4
Moisture less than 5 %
Aluminium less than 3 mg/kg
Lithium less than 0,5 mg/kg
Nickel less than 0,5 mg/kg
Residual anhydride less than 15 μmol/g
Polydispersity index less than 1,4
Isoprene less than 0,05 mg/kg
Ethylene oxide less than 0,2 mg/kg
Free maleic anhydride less than 0,1 %
Total oligomeres (less than 1 000 Dalton) not more than 50 mg/kg
Ethylene glycol less than 200 mg/kg
Diethylene glycol less than 30 mg/kg
Monoethylene glycol methyl ether less than 3 mg/kg
Diethylene glycol methyl ether less than 4 mg/kg
Triethylene glycol methyl ether less than 7 mg/kg
1,4-Dioxane less than 2 mg/kg
Formaldehyde less than 10 mg/kg
