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Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 1182 of 2003).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
England
Document type
Regulation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Food additives
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
These Regulations come into force on 27 May 2003.
Abstract

These Regulations further amend the Sweeteners in Food Regulations 1995 by: (a) granting authorization for the marketing and use as a sweetener of salt of aspartame-acesulfame, as permitted by Article 5 of Directive 89/107/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member States concerning food additives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption: (b) clarifying the meaning of "maximum usable dose" as used in relation to cyclamic acid and its Na and Ca salts and saccharin and its Na, K and Ca salts; (c) making a consequential changes to regulation 3(3); and (d) updating references to the 1995 Regulations in other Regulations to take account of the amendments made to the 1995 Regulations by these Regulations.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Sweeteners in Food Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 3123 of 1995).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1995

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Food additives, Standards, Breastfeeding/infant food, Nutrition

Source: FAO, FAOLEX