Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. No. 257 of 1997). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Northern Ireland Document type Regulation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Food additives Standards Breastfeeding/infant food Nutrition Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract The Regulations: (a) amend regulation 2 of the principal Regulations to include in the definition of "Directive 94/35/EC" a reference to Directive 96/83/EC and to add a definition of "relevant compound foods" ( reg. 2(a)); (b) insert regulation 5A (compound foods) in the principal Regulations and make other amendments to those Regulations in consequence thereof ( reg. 2(b)(i), (c) and (d)); (c) amend regulation 3 of the principal Regulations to provide that paragraph (4) applies to food for infants and young children not in good health ( reg. 2(b)(ii)); (d) amend regulation 11 of the principal Regulations to provide, for a transitional period, a defense in relation to acts which would have been in compliance with the principal Regulations before amendment by these Regulations and to exempt, in accordance with specified conditions, sweeteners and food from other Member States ( reg. 2(e)); and (e) incorporate into Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations the permitted sweeteners, foods listed in relation thereto and maximum usable dose for each such sweetener contained in the Annex to Directive 96/83/EC ( reg. 2(f)). Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Amends Sweeteners in Food (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1996 (S.R. No. 48 of 1996). Legislation | United Kingdom | 1996 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Food additives, Standards, Breastfeeding/infant food, Nutrition Source: FAO, FAOLEX