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