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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/schedule-8/part-II",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/50",
  "legislation_title": "Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "schedule/8/part/II",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "Miscellaneous additives permitted in follow-on formulae for infants in good health",
  "text": "(a) For the manufacture of acidified milks, non-pathogenic L(+)-lactic acid producting cultures may be used.\n(b) If more than one of the substances E 322 and E 471 is added to a food, the maximum level established for that food for each of those substances is lowered with that relative part as is present of the other substance in that food.\n(c) If more than one of the substances E 407, E 410 and E 412 is added to a food, the maximum level established for that food for each of those subsances is lowered with that relative part as is present of the other substances together in that food.\nEC No.\nName\nMaximum level\nE 270\nLactic acid (L(+)-form only)\nquantum satis\nE 330\nCitric acid\nquantum satis\nE 306\nTocopherol-rich extract\n10 mg/l individually or in combination\nE 307\nAlpha-tocopherol\n10 mg/l individually or in combination\nE 308\nGamma-tocopherol\n10 mg/l individually or in combination\nE 309\nDelta-tocopherol\n10 mg/l individually or in combination\nE 338\nPhosphoric acid\nIn conformity with the limits set in Annex II to Directive 91/321/EEC\nE 440\nPectins\n5 g/l in acidified follow-on formulae only\nE 322\nLecithins\n1 g/l\nE 471\nMono- and diglycerides of fatty acids\n4 g/l\nE 407\nCarrageenan\n0.3 g/l\nE 410\nLocust bean gum\n1 g/l\nE 412\nGuar gum\n1 g/l",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. II in operation at 22.4.1996, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/50/schedule/8/part/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:37:42.459637+00:00"
  },
  "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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