Regulation 3 Sale and use of sweeteners

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 3(2)(3) words inserted by Sweeteners in Food 1997 reg. 2(b)(i)
reg. 3(4) words inserted by Sweeteners in Food 1997 reg. 2(b)(ii)
reg. 3(2) substituted by Sweeteners in Food 1996 reg. 2
reg. 3(3) words substituted by Sweeteners in Food 2003 reg. 2(4)
reg. 3(5) inserted by Sweeteners in Food 2003 reg. 2(5)
reg. 3(3) words added by Sweeteners in Food 2004 reg. 4(a)
reg. 3(5) omitted by Sweeteners in Food 2004 reg. 4(b)
reg. 3(3) words substituted by Sweeteners in Food 2003 reg. 2(4)
reg. 3(5) inserted by Sweeteners in Food 2003 reg. 2(5)
reg. 3(3) words added by Sweeteners in Food 2005 reg. 4(a)
reg. 3(5) omitted by Sweeteners in Food 2005 reg. 4(b)
reg. 3(3) words substituted by Sweeteners in Food Amendment 2003 reg. 4
reg. 3(5) inserted by Sweeteners in Food Amendment 2003 reg. 5
reg. 3(3) words inserted by Sweeteners in Food Amendment 2004 reg. 4(a)
reg. 3(5) omitted by Sweeteners in Food Amendment 2004 reg. 4(b)

(1)

Subject to regulation 4, no person shall sell any sweetener which is intended—

(a)

for sale to the ultimate consumer, or

(b)

for use in or on any food,

other than a permitted sweetener.

(2)

No person shall use in or on any food any sweetener other than a permitted sweetener.

(3)

Subject to paragraph (4) below, no person shall use any permitted sweetener in or on any food listed in Column 3 of Schedule 1 other than a permitted sweetener listed in relation to that food in Column 2 of Schedule 1 in an amount not exceeding the maximum usable dose for such permitted sweetener in or on such food as listed in Column 4 of Schedule 1.

(4)

No person shall use any permitted sweetener in or on any food for infants or young children as specified in Council Directive 89/398/EEC^f1 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: OJ No. L186, 30.6.89, p.27.