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The Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995

S.I. 1995/3187 · Made 4 December 1995

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Made 4th December 1995

Laid before Parliament 11th December 1995

Coming into force 1st January 1996

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6(4), 16(1)(a), 17(1), 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of the said Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1990 c. 16; “the Ministers” is defined in section 4(1) of the Act; section 6(4)(a) of the Act was amended by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40), Schedule 9, paragraph 6.

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Use of miscellaneous additives
  4. 4Use of miscellaneous additives in or on compound foods
  5. 5Sale of food additives and food containing miscellaneous additives
  6. 6Condemnation of food
  7. 7Offences, penalties and enforcement
  8. 8Defence in relation to exports
  9. 9Application of various provisions of the Act
  10. 10Revocations and amendments
  11. 11Transitional provision and exemptions
  12. Signature
  13. Schedule 1MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIVES GENERALLY PERMITTED FOR USE IN FOODS NOT REFERRED TO IN SCHEDULE 6, 7 OR 8
  14. Schedule 2: CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED PRESERVATIVES AND ANTIOXIDANTS
  15. ASorbates, benzoates and p-hydroxybenzoates
  16. BSulphur dioxide and sulphites
  17. COther preservatives
  18. DOther antioxidants
  19. Schedule 3OTHER PERMITTED MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIVES
  20. Schedule 4PERMITTED CARRIERS AND CARRIER SOLVENTS
  21. Schedule 5PURITY CRITERIA
  22. Schedule 6FOODS IN WHICH MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIVES LISTED IN SCHEDULE 1 ARE GENERALLY PROHIBITED
  23. Schedule 7FOODS IN WHICH A LIMITED NUMBER OF MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIVES LISTED IN SCHEDULE 1 MAY BE USED
  24. Schedule 8MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN FOODS FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
  25. 1Paragraph 1
  26. 2Paragraph 2
  27. 1MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN INFANT FORMULAE FOR INFANTS IN GOOD HEALTH
  28. 2MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN FOLLOW-ON FORMULAE FOR INFANTS IN GOOD HEALTH
  29. 3MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN WEANING FOODS FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN IN GOOD HEALTH
  30. 4MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN FOODS FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN FOR SPECIAL MEDICAL PURPOSES
  31. Schedule 9REVOCATIONS
  32. Explanatory note