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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sweeteners-in-food-amendment-scotland-regulations-2002/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/61",
  "legislation_title": "The Sweeteners in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sweeteners-in-food-amendment-scotland-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 Scotland only, further amend the Sweeteners in Food Regulations 1995.\nThe Regulations:–\n(a) bring 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 (O.J. No. L 190, 12.7.2001, p.18) to substitute new purity criteria for two permitted sweeteners, mannitol (E421) and acesulfame K (E950) (regulation 3(a)); and\n(b) grant 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 (O.J. No. L 40, 11.2.1989, p.27) (regulations 3(b) and 4). This authorisation will last for a maximum of two years, in which time EC-wide approval for sucralose must be sought.\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.\nNo regulatory impact assessment has been carried out in respect of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/61/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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