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Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. No. 244 of 1999).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Northern Ireland
Document type
Regulation
Date
1999
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

These Regulations implement: (a) European Parliament and Council Directive 98/72/EC amending Directive 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and sweeteners; and (b) Commission Directive 98/86/EC amending Commission Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (regulations 3(b), 5 and 10(a)). The principal provisions of the Regulations add various to permitted or controlled additives, provide for additional uses of certain conditionally permitted additives in various foods, remove the restrictions on the use of permitted additives, increase the restrictions on the use of such additives, and provide for additional uses of certain permitted additives and use of a new additive in infant food.

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