# The Potassium Bromate (Prohibition as a Flour Improver) Regulations 1990, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which apply to England and Wales only, come into force on 1st April 1990. The Regulations—
(i) further amend the Miscellaneous Additives in Food Regulations 1980 by removing Potassium bromate both from the list of permitted miscellaneous additives under those Regulations and as a specified permitted miscellaneous additive (subject as prescribed in the Bread and Flour Regulations 1984) in relation to the specified foods of “Bread” and “Flour” respectively (regulation 2(1)), and
(ii) amend the Bread and Flour Regulations 1984 by removing Potassium bromate from amongst those additives specified as permitted in flour and bread (as more particularly prescribed in the 1984 Regulations) as well as revoking those provisions by which, as an amendment, Potassium bromate was introduced in the 1980 Regulations as a specified permitted miscellaneous additive in “Bread” and “Flour” (regulation 2(2)).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/399/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/potassium-bromate-prohibition-as-a-flour-improver-regulations-1990/note
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