Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. No. 46 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 These Regulations amend the principal Regulations of1996, as amended in order to implement Commission Directive 2000/63/EC amending Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners. Subject to a transitional provision, the Regulations amend the existing requirements in the principal Regulations as regards the purity criteria for butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and specify new purity criteria in relation to the additives specified in Annex II to Commission Directive 2000/63/EC (regs. 3 to 5). The Regulations also make consequential amendments to the Regulations specified in regulation 6, as regards references in those Regulations to the principal Regulations (reg. 6). 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