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Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 1713 (W. 181) of 2003).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Wales
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 23 July 2003.
Abstract

These Regulations amend the 1995 Regulations by: (a) granting authorisation for the marketing and use as a sweetener the salt of aspartame-acesulfame, as permitted by Article 5 of Directive 89/107/EEC. Article 5 permits member States to authorise for the marketing and use within their own territories sweeteners, pending consideration for inclusion in Directive 94/35/EC on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs; (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.

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