Regulation 3 Amendment of the Sweeteners in Food Regulations 1995

in the definition of “Directive 95/31/EC^f1” for “and by Directive 2000/51 in so far as it relates to maltitol syrup” there shall be substituted “, Directive 2000/51^f2 and Directive 2001/52/EC;”^f3; and

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 set out–

  1. (a)

     in the case of any sweetener other than sucralose, in the Annex to Directive 95/31/EC;

  2. (b)

     in the case of sucralose, at pages 119 to 124 of the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Compendium of Food Additives Specifications Addendum 2 (1993) FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 52 Addendum 2;”