{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1332/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1332/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/1332",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food enzymes and amending Council Directive 83/417/EEC, Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, Directive 2000/13/EC, Council Directive 2001/112/EC and Regulation (EC) No 258/97 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1332",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Scope",
  "text": "1. This Regulation shall apply to food enzymes as defined in Article 3.\n2. This Regulation shall not apply to food enzymes when and insofar as they are used in the production of:\n(a) food additives falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 [on food additives];\n(b) processing aids.\n3. This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to any specific ... rules concerning the use of food enzymes:\n(a) in specific foods;\n(b) for purposes other than those covered by this Regulation.\n4. This Regulation shall not apply to microbial cultures that are traditionally used in the production of food and which may incidentally produce enzymes, but which are not specifically used to produce them.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Art. 2(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/860), regs. 1, 57; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1332/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:44.844986+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."
}