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Extraction Solvents in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. No. 2257 of 1998).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Regulation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Food additives Standards Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations amend the Extraction Solvents in Food Regulations 1993 in implementation of European Parliament and Council Directive 97/60/EC amending for the third time Directive 88/344/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients. They, among other things: add and remove extraction solvents from the list of permitted extraction solvents and change standards for certain extraction solvents on the list. They also provide a defence in respect of food or an extraction solvent placed on the market or labelled before the amendment introduced by these Regulations.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Directive 97/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending for the third time Directive 88/344/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients.

Legislation | European Union | 1997

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, MRL-maximum residue limit, Food additives

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amends

Extraction Solvents in Food Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 1658 of 1993).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1993

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Food additives, Standards, Packaging/labelling, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX