Regulation 17 Ingredients which need not be named

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 17 words inserted by Food Labelling 2004 reg. 8(a)
reg. 17(e) inserted by Food Labelling 2004 reg. 8(b)
reg. 17(e) inserted by Food Labelling 2004 reg. 8(b)
reg. 17(b)(c) words inserted by Food Enzymes 2009 reg. 7(4)(a)
reg. 17(d) words inserted by Food Enzymes 2009 reg. 7(4)(b)
reg. 17 words inserted by Food Labelling 2004 reg. 8(a)
reg. 17(b)(c) words inserted by Food Enzymes 2009 reg. 7(4)
reg. 17 words inserted by Food Labelling Amendment 2004 reg. 8(a)
reg. 17(e) inserted by Food Labelling Amendment 2004 reg. 8(b)
reg. 17(b)(c) words inserted by Food Enzymes 2009 reg. 7(4)(a)
reg. 17(d) words inserted by Food Enzymes 2009 reg. 7(4)(b)

The following ingredients of a food need not be named in its list of ingredients:

(a)

constituents of an ingredient which have become temporarily separated during the manufacturing process and are later re-introduced in their original proportions;

(b)

any additive whose presence in the food is due solely to the fact that it was contained in an ingredient of the food, if it serves no significant technological function in the finished product;

(c)

any additive which is used solely as a processing aid;

(d)

any substance other than water which is used as a solvent or carrier for an additive and is used in an amount that is no more than that which is strictly necessary for that purpose.