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European Communities (Purity Criteria on Food Additives other than Colours and Sweeteners) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 438 of 2000).

Country/Territory
Ireland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Food additives Standards
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Purity Criteria on Food Additives other than Colours and Sweeteners) Regulations 1998 so as to implement Commission Directive 98/86/EC which amends Commission Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners as set out in Council Directive 95/2/EC. They establish new purity criteria for some categories of additives listed in Council Directive 95/2/EC (mainly emulsifiers and stabilisers) as an addition to those purity criteria already established in the Annex to Commission Directive 96/77/EC for various additives (mainly preservatives and antioxidants).

Full text
English
Website
www.irishstatutebook.ie

References - Legislation

Implements

Commission Directive 98/86/EC amending Commission Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners.

Legislation | European Union | 1998

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Food additives, Standards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amends

European Communities (Purity Criteria on Food Additives other than Colours and Sweeteners) Regulations, 1998.

Legislation | Ireland | 1998

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Food additives

Source: FAO, FAOLEX