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Regulation No. 292 establishing the Artificial Flavourings Permitted in Food, Maximum Limits by Food Groups, Requirements for Flavourings, Conditions and Methods for Use and Production and Special Requirements for Labelling of Such Substances.

Country/Territory
Estonia
Document type
Regulation
Date
1999 (2004)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food additives Processing/handling Packaging/labelling Food quality control/food safety
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Regulation enters into force on 1 January 1996.
Abstract

This Regulation validates the official list of artificial flavourings permitted in food and used to impart odour or taste to food and as raw material for production of flavourings according to the method for the production thereof. This Regulation does not apply to a substance which has exclusively a sweet, sour or salt taste, a substance of vegetable or animal origin having flavouring properties where it is not used as flavouring source, and an edible substance or product which is intended for consumption as such. Flavourings shall not contain any element or substance in a quantity which is toxically dangerous to human health, including not more than 3 mg/kg of arsenic, 10 mg/kg of lead, 1 mg/kg of cadmium and 1 mg/kg of mercury. Foodstuffs, substances for dissolving and diluting flavourings, technological aids and additives may be added to flavourings. The labelling of flavourings shall be in compliance with the special requirements for labelling. In the case of flavourings to be sold or transferred in some other manner in Estonia, the required labelling information shall be presented in Estonian except in the case when the information is understandable to consumers in another language or presented in another manner. The packaging of a flavouring intended for further handling, except retail, shall be set out in a clearly visible, easily legible and indelible form. Annex 1 specifies maximum limits for substances in foodstuffs after preparation by food groups.

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