# The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005, Regulation 3: Amendment of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995


In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) after the definition of “colour”, there shall be inserted the following definition—
“Directive 88/388 EC means Council Directive 88/388/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to flavourings for use in foodstuffs and to source materials for their production”;
(b) in the definition of “Directive 95/2/EC” for the words “and European Parliament and Council Directive 2001/5/EC” there shall be substituted the following words—
“, European Parliament and Council Directive 2001/5/EC and European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/114/EC;”;
(c) after the definition of flavour enhancer, there shall be inserted the following definition—
““flavouring” bears the same meaning as in Article 1.2 of Directive 88/388/EEC;”;
(d) for the definition of “stabiliser”, there shall be substituted the following definition—
““stabiliser” means any substance which makes it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; including any substance which enables the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1099/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-amendment-england-regulations-2005/regulation-3
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