{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-amendment-regulations-1999/regulation-13",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1136",
  "legislation_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-amendment-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Amendment of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "In Schedule 8 (miscellaneous additives permitted in foods for infants and young children)–\n(a) there shall be substituted for the first introductory note the following introductory notes–\n“1 Formulae and weaning foods for infants and young children may contain E 414 (acacia gum, gum arabic) and E 551 (silicon dioxide) resulting from the addition of nutrient preparations containing not more than 150 g/kg of E 414 and 10 g/kg of E 551, as well as E 421 (mannitol) when used as a carrier for vitamin B12 (not less than 1 part vitamin B12 to 1000 parts mannitol). The carry over of E 414 in the product ready for consumption shall not be more than 10 mg/kg.\n1A Formulae and weaning foods for infants and young children may contain E 301 (sodium L-ascorbate), used at quantum satis level in coatings of nutrient preparations containing polyunsaturated fatty acids. The carry over of E 301 in the product ready for consumption shall not be more than 75 mg/1.”;\n(b) in Part 1 (miscellaneous additives permitted in infant formulae for infants in good health)–\n(i) there shall be substituted for note (b) the following note–\n“(b) If more than one of the substances E 322, E 471, E 472c and E 473 is added to a food, the maximum level established for that food for each of those substances is lowered by that relative part as is present of the other substances together in that food.”;\n(ii) in the table there shall be inserted at the end the following entries–\n“\nE 304\nL-ascorbyl palmitate\n10 mg/1\nE 331\nSodium citrates }\n2 g/l\nE 332\nPotassium citrates }\nIndividually or in combination and in conformity with the limits set in Annex 1 to Directive 91/321/EEC\nE 339\nSodium phosphates }\n1 g/l expressed as P2O5\nE 340\nPotassium phosphates }\nIndividually or in combination and in conformity with the limits set in Annex 1 to Directive 91/321/EEC\nE 412\nGuar gum\n1 g/l, where the liquid product contains partially hydrolysed proteins and is in conformity with the conditions set in Annex IV to Directive 91/321/EEC, as amended by Directive 96/4/EC\nE 472c\nCitric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids\n7.5 g/l sold as powder\n9 g/l sold as liquid where the products contain partially hydrolysed proteins, peptides or amino acids and are in conformity with the conditions set in Annex IV to Directive 91/321/EEC, as amended by Directive 96/4/EC\nE 473\nSucrose esters of fatty acids\n120 mg/l in products containing hydrolysed proteins, peptides or amino acids\n”;\n(c) in Part 2 (miscellaneous additives permitted in follow-on formulae for infants in good health)–\n(i) there shall be substituted for note (b) the following note–\n“(b) If more than one of the substances E 322, E 471, E 472c and E 473 is added to a food, the maximum level established for that food for each of those substances is lowered by that relative part as is present of the other substances together in that food.”;\n(ii) in note (c) there shall be substituted for the words “lowered with” the words “lowered by”;\n(iii) in the table there shall be inserted at the end the following entries–\n“\nE 304\nL-ascorbyl palmitate\n10 mg/l\nE 331\nSodium citrates }\n2 g/l\nE 332\nPotassium citrates }\nIndividually or in combination and in conformity with the limits set in Annex 1 to Directive 91/321/EEC\nE 339\nSodium phosphates }\n1 g/l expressed as P2O5\nE 340\nPotassium phosphates }\nIndividually or in combination and in conformity with the limits set in Annex 1 to Directive 91/321/EEC\nE 472c\nCitric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids\n7.5 g/l sold as power\n9 g/l sold as liquid where the products contain partially hydrolysed proteins, peptides or amino acids and are in conformity with the conditions set in Annex IV to Directive 91/321/EEC, as amended by Directive 96/4/EC\nE 473\nSucrose esters of fatty acids\n120 mg/l in products containing hydrolysed proteins, peptides or amino acids\n”;\n(d) in Part 3 (miscellaneous additives permitted in weaning foods for infants and young children in good health) in the table there shall be inserted at the end the following entries–\n“\n(*) The note in Part 4 does not apply.\nE 333\nCalcium citrates(*)\nLow-sugar fruit based products\nquantum satis\nE 341\nTricalcium phosphate(*)\nFruit based desserts\n1 g/kg as P2O5\nE 1451\nAcetylated oxidised starch\nWeaning foods\n50 g/kg\n”;\n(e) in Part 4 (miscellaneous additives permitted in foods for infants and young children for special medical purposes) there shall be inserted at the end the following table–\n“\nEC No.\nName\nMaximum level\nSpecial conditions\nE 401\nSodium alginate\n1 g/l\nFrom 4 months onwards in special food products with adapted composition, required for metabolic disorders and for general tube feeding\nE 405\nPropane 1,2-diolalginate\n200 mg/l\nFrom 12 months onwards in specialised diets intended for young children who have cows' milk intolerance or inborn errors of metabolism\nE 410\nLocust bean gum\n10 g/l\nFrom birth onwards in products for reduction of gastro-oesophageal reflux\nE 412\nGuar gum\n10 g/l\nFrom birth onwards in products in liquid formulae containing hydrolysed proteins, peptides or amino acids in conformity with the conditions set in Annex IV to Directive 91/321/EEC, as amended by Directive 96/4/EC\nE 415\nXanthan gum\n1.2 g/l\nFrom birth onwards for use in products based on amino acids or peptides for use with patients who have problems with impairment of the gastro-intestinal tract, protein mal-absorption or inborn errors of metabolism\nE 440\nPectins\n10 g/l\nFrom birth onwards in products used in case of gastro-intestinal disorders\nE 466\nSodium carboxy methyl cellulose\n10 g/l or kg\nFrom birth onwards in products for the dietary management of metabolic disorders\nE 471\nMono- and diglycerides of fatty acids\n5 g/l\nFrom birth onwards in specialised diets, particularly those devoid of proteins\nE 1450\nStarch sodium octenyl succinate\n20 g/l\nIn infant formulae and follow-on formulae\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L175, 4.7.91, p. 35."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. L49, 28.2.96, p. 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "(*) The note in Part 4 does not apply."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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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."
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