# The Bread and Flour (Wales) Regulations 2025, Regulation 4: Prohibition on use of flour bleaching agents

Extent: E+W

(1) A person must not use a flour bleaching agent in the preparation of bread or flour.
(2) In this regulation—
(a) a “flour bleaching agent” is a food additive primarily used to remove colour from flour;
(b) “food additive” has the meaning given in Article 3(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food additives.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/88/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bread-and-flour-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-4
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