Additives Marketing Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 8, 5 February 1998, pp. 269-292. Long titleOrdinance on requirements for and marketing of additives for technological purposes. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Food additives Packaging/labelling Standards Internal trade International trade Geographical area Alps, Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Entry into force notes This Ordinance enters into force on 6 February 1998. Abstract An Ordinance to regulate the marketing of additives. However, it does not apply to additives used in preparation of drinking water. Annexe 1 lists substances equivalent to additives; Annex 2 specifies purity of additives according to EU-guidelines. Article 6 deals with packing and labelling which has to show clearly all ingredients. The Ordinance consists of 7 articles and 4 Annexes. Full text German