{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/emulsifiers-and-stabilisers-in-food-regulations-1989/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/emulsifiers-and-stabilisers-in-food-regulations-1989/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/876",
  "legislation_title": "The Emulsifiers and Stabilisers in Food Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/emulsifiers-and-stabilisers-in-food-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Sale, advertisement and labelling of emulsifiers and stabilisers",
  "text": "(1) No person shall sell, import into England and Wales or advertise for sale any emulsifier or stabiliser (including any emulsifier or stabiliser with which any other substance has been mixed) for use as an ingredient in the preparation of food unless such emulsifier or stabiliser is a permitted emulsifier or permitted stabiliser.\n(2) No person shall sell any permitted emulsifier or any permitted stabiliser (including any such permitted emulsifier or permitted stabiliser with which any other substance has been mixed) for use as an ingredient in the preparation of food except in a container bearing a label which complies with the requirements of Schedule 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/1978",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Additives Labelling Regulations 1992"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/876/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:44:04.288717+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}