Annex II General criteria for the use of food additivesF1

United Kingdom Repealed

1. 1Food additives can be approved only provided that:
2. 2The use of food additives may be considered only where there is evidence that the proposed use of the additive would have demonstrable advantages of benefit to the consumer, in other words it is necessary to establish the case for what is commonly referred to as ‘need’. The use of food additives should serve one or more of the purposes set out from points (a) to (d) and only where these purposes cannot be achieved by other means which are economically and technologically practicable and do not present a hazard to the health of the consumer:
3. 3Division 3
4. 4Division 4
5. 5Division 5
6. 6Approval for food additives must: