# The Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2004, Regulation 3: Amendments to the Sweeteners in Food Regulations 1995


(1) In regulation 2 (interpretation) paragraph (1) —
(a) in the definition of “Directive 94/35/EC” after the words “Directive 96/83/EC of the European Parliament and Council” there shall be inserted —
“and by Directive 2003/115/EC”;
(b) in the definition of “Directive 95/31/EC” after the words “Directive 2001/52/EC” there shall be inserted —
“and by Directive 2004/46/EC”; and
(c) for the definition of “permitted sweetener” there shall be substituted the following definition —
““permitted sweetener” means any sweetener specified in Column 2 of Schedule 1 which satisfies the specific purity criteria for that sweetener specified in the Annex to Directive 95/31/EC;”.
(2) In regulation 2 paragraph (3) —
(a) in sub–paragraph (c)(i) the words —
“and salt of aspartame–acesulfame”
shall be omitted; and
(b) in sub–paragraph (c)(ii) after the words “as the case may be” where those words first appear in that sub–paragraph, there shall be inserted the following words —
“the maximum amount of free imide contained in the”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3348/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sweeteners-in-food-amendment-england-regulations-2004/regulation-3
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