{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1333/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1333/article-4.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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Requirement for authorisation",
  "text": "1. Only food additives authorised for primary use may be placed on the market as such and used in foods under the conditions of use specified in the authorisation concerned.\n2. Only food additives authorised for secondary use may be used in food additives, food enzymes, food flavourings and in nutrients under the conditions of use specified in the authorisation concerned.\n3. Where a food additive is authorised for primary use, the authorisation must include the categories of food to which the additive may be added.\n4. Where a food additive is authorised for secondary use, the authorisation must include the food additives, food enzymes, food flavourings and nutrients or categories thereof to which the food additive may be added.\n5. Food additives must comply with the specifications referred to in Article 14.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 4 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(6) (with reg. 23)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1333/article/4",
    "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."
}