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

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Regulation
Date
1993
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Food additives Standards Packaging/labelling Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations implement the provisions of Council Directive 88/344/EEC, as amended by Council Directive 92/115/EEC, on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients. They principally: (a) define extraction solvents and list permitted extraction solvents; (b) prohibit the sale, or importation into Great Britain from outside the European Economic Community, of any extraction solvent other than a permitted extraction solvent or any food such extraction solvent; (c) require, on the sale or importation into Great Britain from outside the European Economic Community of a permitted extraction solvent, that certain information be given.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Council 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 | 1988

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) Regulations 2005 (W.S.I. No. 3254 (W. 247) of 2005).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2005

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Toxicity/poisoning, Inspection, International trade, Animal health, Animal feed/feedstuffs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Extraction Solvents in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. No. 306 of 2011).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2011

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Food Additives (Wales) (Amendment) and the Extraction Solvents in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2012 (W.S.I. No. 1198 (W.148) of 2012).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2012

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Food Additives (England) (Amendment) and the Extraction Solvents in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 1155 of 2012).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2012

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

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

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1998

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Food additives, Standards, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Extraction Solvents in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 1738 of 2011).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2011

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Extraction Solvents in Food (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (W.S.I. No. 1849 (W. 199) of 2011).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2011

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Extraction Solvents in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 1440 of 1995).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1995

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (England) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 2210 of 2013).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2013

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Food additives, Packaging/labelling, Internal trade, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX