# The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005, Regulation 3: Amendment of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996


In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation) –
(a) after the definition of “colour”, there shall be inserted –
“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 “and European Parliament and Council Directive 2001/5/EC” there shall be substituted –
“, 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 –
““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 –
““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/nisr/2005/201/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-3
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