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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-amendment-england-regulations-2004/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2601",
  "legislation_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-amendment-england-regulations-2004",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations, which apply to England, implement Commission Directive 2003/95/EC and Commission Directive 2004/45/EC, both of which amend Commission Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners. Directive 96/77/EC was implemented by amendment to the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995.\nIn particular these Regulations provide for purity criteria as outlined in the Annexes to Commission Directives 2003/95/EC and 2004/45/EC in relation to the following additives:\nE251 Sodium Nitrate\nE431 Polyoxyethylene (40) Stearate\nE432 Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monolaurate (Polysorbate 20)\nE433 Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monooleate (Polysorbate 80)\nE434 Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monopalmitate (Polysorbate 40)\nE435 Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monostearate (Polysorbate 60)\nE436 Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Tristearate (Polysorbate 65)\nE459 Beta-Cyclodextrin\nPolyethylene Glycol 6000\nE407 Carrageenan\nE407a Processed Eucheuma seaweed\nE907 Hydrogenated Poly-1-decene\nE1517 Glyceryl Diacetate\nE1519 Benzyl Alcohol\nA regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared in respect of these Regulations as the instrument will have no effect on the costs of business. A transposition note setting out how the main elements of Directives 2003/95/EC and 2003/45/EC are transposed into domestic law has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies may be obtained from the Novel Foods Additives and Supplements Division of the Food Standards Agency, Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NH.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L283, 31.10.2003, p.71."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. L113, 20.4.2004, p.19."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No. L339, 30.12.1996, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "In S.I. 1997/1413."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/3187, relevant amendments are S.I. 1997/1413, S.I.1999/1136, S.I. 2001/60 and S.I. 2001/3775."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2601/note",
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  "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."
}