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