{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1333/article-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1333/article-23.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/1333",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1333",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Labelling of food additives intended for sale to the final consumer",
  "text": "1. 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 belongs 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:\n(a) the name and E-number laid down under this Regulation in respect of each food additive or a sales description which includes the name and E-number of each food additive;\n(b) the statement ‘for food’ or the statement ‘restricted use in food’ or a more specific reference to its intended food use.\n2. 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.\n3. The labelling of a table-top sweetener containing polyols and/or aspartame and/or aspartame-acesulfame salt shall bear the following warnings:\n(a) polyols: ‘excessive consumption may induce laxative effects’;\n(b) aspartame/aspartame-acesulfame salt: ‘contains a source of phenylalanine’.\n4. Manufacturers of table-top sweeteners shall make available by appropriate means the necessary information to allow their safe use by consumers. ...\n5. For the information provided for in paragraphs 1 to 3 of this Article, Article 13(2) of Directive 2000/13/EC shall apply accordingly.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 186, 30.6.1989, p. 21."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1333/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:44.765413+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."
}