A defined chemical substance with flavouring properties which is obtained by appropriate physical processes or enzymatic or microbiological processes from material of vegetable or animal origin either in the raw state or after processing for human consumption by traditional food-preparation processes, by chemical synthesis or isolated by chemical processes and which is chemically identical to a substance naturally present in material of vegetable or animal origin, by chemical synthesis but which is not chemically identical to a substance naturally present in material of vegetable or animal.
The Commission will update the register of flavouring substances, establish a programme for their evaluation and lay down a list of additives authorised for use in flavourings.