European Communities (Purity Criteria on Food Additives other than Colours and Sweeteners) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 488 of 2003). Country/Territory Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Food additives Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations implement Commission Directive 2002/82/EC which amends the Annex to Commission Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners. This Statutory Instrument adapts, due to technical progress, existing purity criteria set out in Directive 96/77/EC. It also establishes new purity criteria for those food additives for which purity criteria set out in Directive 96/77/EC were not sufficient. Full text English Website www.irishstatutebook.ie References - Legislation Implements Commission Directive 2002/82/EC amending Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners. Legislation | European Union | 2002 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Food additives, Standards, Codex Alimentarius 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