At the request of some Member States and/or the meat industry, the use of Alginates (E 401 — 404), Carrageenan (E 407), Processed euchema seaweed (E 407a), Locust bean gum (E 410), Guar gum (E 412), Tragacanth (E 413), Xanthan gum (E 415), Acetylated distarch phosphate (E 1414) and Hydroxy propyl distarch phosphate (E 1442) as humectants or stabilisers to diminish leakage of water in the packaging and to prevent the loss of meat juices during further processing have been considered.

At the request of a Member State and/or the meat industry, the use of Acetylated distarch phosphate (E 1414) and Hydroxy propyl distarch phosphate (E 1442) to diminish leakage of water in preparations in which ingredients have been injected, in meat preparations composed of meat parts that have been handled differently: minced, sliced or processed and that are combined together, e.g. roulades containing minced meat and in order to maintain juiciness during the preparation of gyros, souvlaki, bifteki, soutzoukakikebap and seftalia have been considered and it is appropriate to authorise these uses.

Plasticizers - acetyl tributyl citrate - acetyl tri (2-ethylhexyl) citrate - di-isobutyl and di-n-butyladipate - di-n-hexyl azelate - butylbenzylphthalate - butyl-methylcarboxybutyl-phthalate [= butylphthalyl butyl glycolate] - di-n-butyl and di-isobutyl phthalate - dicyclohexyl phthalate - di(methylcyclohexyl) phthalate and its isomers [= sextolphthalate] // µ 12,5 mg/dm2 in total on the side in contact with foodstuffs to be used solely for the preparation of regenerated cellulose films with nitrocellulose or vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate copolymer based coatings // - 2-ethylhexyl diphenyl phosphate // µ 2,5 mg/dm2 on the side in con ...[+++]tact with foodstuffs // - glycerol monoacetate [= monoacetin] // // - glycerol diacetate [= diacetin] // // - glycerol triacetate [= triacetin] // // - methyl-methylcarboxyethyl phthalate [= methylphthalyl ethyl glycolate] // // - di-butyl sebacate // // - di(2-ethylhexyl)sebacate [= dioctylsebacate] // // - di-n-butyl tartrate and di-iso-butyl tartrate // // 4.