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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sweeteners-in-food-amendment-england-regulations-2002/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/379",
  "legislation_title": "The Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sweeteners-in-food-amendment-england-regulations-2002",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations, which extend to England only, further amend the Sweeteners in Food Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/3123 as already amended) which extend to Great Britain, by—\n(a) bringing up to date the definition of “Directive 95/31/EC” (which relates to specific purity criteria) so as to cover its amendment by Directive 2001/52/EC (OJ No. L190, 12.7.2001, p. 18) to substitute new purity criteria for mannitol and acesulfame K (regulation 3(a));\n(b) granting provisional authorisation for the marketing and use as a sweetener of sucralose, as permitted by Article 5 of Directive 89/107/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member States concerning food additives authorised for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (OJ No. L40, 11.2.1989, p. 27) (regulations 3(b) and 4); and\n(c) bringing up to date references to the 1995 Regulations in other Regulations (regulation 5).\nNo regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations.\nCopies of the document referred to in regulation 3(b) may be obtained from:\nThe Stationery Office\nPO Box 29\nSt Crispin’s House\nNorwich\nNR3 1PD\nAlternatively, copies may be obtained online from www.thestationeryoffice.com.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/379/note",
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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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