Regulation 14 Amendment of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

in the Notes, after note 1A there shall be inserted –

“1B.

Formulae and weaning foods for infants and young children may contain E1450 starch sodium octenyl succinate resulting from the addition of vitamin preparations or polyunsaturated fatty acid preparations. The carry over of E1450 in the product ready for consumption is not to be more than 100 mg/kg from vitamin preparations and 1000 mg/kg from polyunsaturated fatty acid preparations.”;

in Part III (miscellaneous additives permitted in weaning foods for infants and young children in good health), in the entry relating to E170, in the second column, for “Calcium carbonates” there shall be substituted –

“Calcium carbonate”;

in Part IV (miscellaneous additives permitted in foods for infants and young children for special medical purposes), for the title, the following shall be substituted –

• “MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN DIETARY FOODS FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN FOR SPECIAL MEDICAL PURPOSES AS DEFINED IN DIRECTIVE 1999/21/EC^f1”;

in Part IV, the following shall be added to the table at the end –

“

E472c	Citric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids	7.5g/l sold as powder	From birth onwards
		9g/l sold as liquid

”