Article 23 Labelling of food additives intended for sale to the final consumer
United Kingdom
Without prejudice to Directive 2000/13/EC, Council Directive 89/396/EEC of 14 June 1989 on indications or marks identifying the lot to which a foodstuff belongsf1 and Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, food additives sold singly or mixed with each other and/or other food ingredients intended for sale to the final consumer may be marketed only if their packaging contains the following information:
the name and E-number laid down F1under this Regulation in respect of each food additive or a sales description which includes the name and E-number of each food additive;
the statement ‘for food’ or the statement ‘restricted use in food’ or a more specific reference to its intended food use.
By way of derogation from paragraph 1(a), the sales description of a table-top sweetener shall include the term ‘… -based table-top sweetener’, using the name(s) of the sweetener(s) used in its composition.
The labelling of a table-top sweetener containing polyols and/or aspartame and/or aspartame-acesulfame salt shall bear the following warnings:
polyols: ‘excessive consumption may induce laxative effects’;
aspartame/aspartame-acesulfame salt: ‘contains a source of phenylalanine’.
Manufacturers of table-top sweeteners shall make available by appropriate means the necessary information to allow their safe use by consumers. F2...
For the information provided for in paragraphs 1 to 3 of this Article, Article 13(2) of Directive 2000/13/EC shall apply accordingly.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in Art. 23(1)(a) substituted (E.W.S.) (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 8(22) (with reg. 23)
- F2
Words in Art. 23(4) 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, 101; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)