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Regulation 2 Amendment of the principal Regulations

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

The principal Regulations shall be amended, insofar as they extend to Wales, in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) below.

(2)

In paragraph (1) of regulation 2(interpretation)—

(a)

in the definition of “Directive 95/31/EC” there shall be added at the end the words “and by Directive 2001/52/EC”f1; and

(b)

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; and

    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;”.

(3)

In Schedule 1 (permitted sweeteners and the foods in or on which they may be used) there shall be added at the end, in columns 2 to 4, the provisions specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.

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Footnotes

f1

The reference for Directive 2001/52/EC is OJ No. L190, 12.7.2001, p.18.