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Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No.814 of 1997).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Regulation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Food additives Breastfeeding/infant food Sugar Nutrition
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 of 1995 in implementing the Directive 96/83/EC of the European Parliament and the Council. They, among other things; (a) amend regulation 2 to include a definition of "relevant food compounds"; (b) insert regulation 5A on compound foods and make consequential amendments; amend regulation to provide that paragraph (4) applies food for infants and young children not in good health; (d) amend regulation 5 so as to exclude for a transitional period acts which would have been in compliance with the regulations before amendment and to exempt, in certain conditions, sweeteners and food from other member countries; (e) incorporate in Schedule 1 permitted sweeteners and food in relation thereto and maximum usable dose for each such sweetener. (2 regulations and a Schedule)

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