# The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001

S.I. 2001/60 · made 11 January 2001 · revised to 15 January 2002

These Regulations, which apply to England only, amend the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995, as amended (“the principal Regulations”).

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## Introductory text

FOOD, ENGLAND
Made 11th January 2001
Laid before Parliament 15th January 2001
Coming into force 30th March 2001
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(a), 17(1), 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after having regard, in accordance with section 48(4) of that Act, to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency, and after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) and (4B) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Title, commencement, extent and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001, shall come into force on 30th March 2001 and shall extend to England.

## 2 Amendment of the principal Regulations

The Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995 shall be amended, in so far as they extend to England, in accordance with regulations 3 to 5 below.

## 3 

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “Directive 96/77/EC” there shall be added at the end the words “ and Commission Directive 2000/63/EC ”.

## 4 

In regulation 11 (transitional provision and exemptions) there shall be inserted after paragraph (1B) the following paragraph—
“(1C) In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations in respect of any food additive or food, it shall be a defence to prove that—
(a) the food additive or food concerned was put on the market or labelled before 31st March 2001; and
(b) the matter constituting the offence would not have constituted an offence under these Regulations if the amendments made by regulations 3 and 5 of the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001 had not been made when that matter occurred.”.

## 5 

In Schedule 5 (purity criteria) the entries relating to the miscellaneous additives listed in the Schedule to these Regulations shall be omitted.

## 6 Consequential amendments

(1) In so far as any Instrument listed in regulation 14(1) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999 extends to England, that provision shall cease to have effect in relation to that instrument.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Gisela Stuart
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
11th January 2001

## MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIVES FOR WHICH PURITY CRITERIA SPECIFIED OR REFERRED TO IN SCHEDULE 5 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS ARE OMITTED

E 296
Malic acid
E 297
Fumaric acid
E 350(i)
Sodium malate
E 350(ii)
Sodium hydrogen malate
E 351
Potassium malate
E 352(i)
Calcium malate
E 352(ii)
Calcium hydrogen malate
E 355
Adipic acid
E 363
Succinic acid
E 380
Triammonium citrate
E 500(i)
Sodium carbonate
E 500(ii)
Sodium hydrogen carbonate
E 500(iii)
Sodium sesquicarbonate
E 501(i)
Potassium carbonate
E 501(ii)
Potassium hydrogen carbonate
E 503(i)
Ammonium carbonate
E 503(ii)
Ammonium hydrogen carbonate
E 507
Hydrochloric acid
E 509
Calcium chloride
E 513
Sulphuric acid
E 514(i)
Sodium sulphate
E 515(i)
Potassium sulphate
E 516
Calcium sulphate
E 522
Aluminium potassium sulphate
E 524
Sodium hydroxide
E 525
Potassium hydroxide
E 526
Calcium hydroxide
E 527
Ammonium hydroxide
E 528
Magnesium hydroxide
E 529
Calcium oxide
E 530
Magnesium oxide
E 535
Sodium ferrocyanide
E 536
Potassium ferrocyanide
E 541
Sodium aluminium phosphate, acidic
E 551
Silicon dioxide
E 552
Calcium silicate
E 553a(i)
Magnesium silicate
E 553a(ii)
Magnesium trisilicate
E 575
Glucono-delta-lactone
E 576
Sodium gluconate
E 577
Potassium gluconate
E 578
Calcium gluconate
E 640
Glycine
E 900
Dimethylpolysiloxane
E 901
Beeswax, white and yellow
E 903
Carnauba wax
E 904
Shellac
E 941
Nitrogen
E 942
Nitrous oxide
E 948
Oxygen
E 999
Extract of quillaia
E 1200
Polydextrose
Propane-1, 2-diol (propylene glycol)

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which apply to England only, amend the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995, as amended (“the principal Regulations”).
The Regulations implement Commission Directive 2000/63/EC amending Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (OJ No. L277, 30.10.2000, p. 1).
Subject to a transitional provision, the Regulations amend the existing requirements in the principal Regulations as regards the purity criteria for butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and specify new purity criteria in relation to the additives specified in Annex II to Commission Directive 2000/63/EC (regulations 3 to 5).
The Regulations also make consequential amendments to the instruments specified in regulation 4, as regards references in those instruments to the principal Regulations (regulation 6).
No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in respect of these Regulations.

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