Order No. 27/90 establishing authorized food additive requirements (colouring, preservative, flavouring, antioxidant, etc.). Country/Territory Portugal Document type Regulation Date 1990 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República No. 10/90 (I Series), 12 January 1990, pp. 160-186. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Food additives Standards Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This Order enters into force immediately. Abstract This Order establishes authorized food additive requirements (colouring, preservative, flavouring, antioxidant, etc.). It consists of 3 articles and 5 annexes establishing food additive purety standards and specifying every authorized food additives for human consumption. It also lists 15 methods in order to establish the purety of such additives. Full text Portuguese References - Legislation Amended by Order No. 511/90 amending annex 4 of Order No. 27/90 (establishing authorized food additive requirements). Legislation | Portugal | 1992 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Food additives, Standards Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Decree-Law No. 365/98 establishing purity criteria of food additives (others than colourings and sweeteners). Legislation | Portugal | 1998 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Food additives, Standards Source: FAO, FAOLEX