Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. No. 419 of 2001). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Northern Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Food additives Standards Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract The Regulations implement: (a) Commission Directive 2001/30/EC amending Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners; and (b) Directive 2001/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 95/2 on food additives other than colours and sweeteners; the Regulations specify new purity criteria in relation to the additives specified in the Annex to Commission Directive 2001/30/EC (regs. 3(b) and (c), 4 and 8). The Regulations also: (a) add one new additive to the list in Schedule 1; (b) modify the list in Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations of miscellaneous food additives which may be included in certain foods, by adding four new additives to that list and specifying additional foods in which Glycerol esters of wood rosins may be contained; and (c) modify the list of permitted carriers and carrier solvents in Schedule 4. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Amends Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. No. 50 of 1996). Legislation | United Kingdom | 1996 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Food additives, Standards, Internal trade Source: FAO, FAOLEX