# The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1997, Regulation 3: Amendment of the principal Regulations


In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
(a) in the definition of “Directive 95/2/EC” there shall be inserted at the end the words “, as amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 96/85/EC”;
(b) after that definition there shall be inserted the following definition—
““Directive 96/77/EC” means Commission Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners;”;
(c) there shall be substituted for the definition of “purity criteria” the following definition—
““purity criteria”, in relation to a miscellaneous additive, means—
(a) in the case of a miscellaneous additive for which purity criteria are set out in the Annex to Directive 96/77/EC, those purity criteria;
(b) in any other case, the purity criteria (if any) specified or referred to in Schedule 5;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1413/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-amendment-regulations-1997/regulation-3
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