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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 15th January 2002.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
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The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 8.
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In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
(a) in the definition of “Directive 95/2/EC”, for “and European Parliament and Council Directive 98/72/EC” there shall be substituted “, European Parliament and Council Directive 98/72/EC and European Parliament and Council Directive 2001/5/EC”;
(b) in the definition of “Directive 96/77/EC”, for “and Commission Directive 2000/63/EC” there shall be substituted “, Commission Directive 2000/63/EC and Commission Directive 2001/30/EC”; and
(c) in the definition of “purity criteria”, for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—“
(b) in the case of magnesium carbonates (E504), the purity criteria referred to in Schedule 5;”.
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In regulation 11 (transitional provisions and exemptions) after paragraph (1C) there shall be inserted—“
(1D) In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations in respect of any food additive or food, it shall be a defence to prove that—
(a) the food additive or food concerned was put on the market or labelled before 15th January 2002; and
(b) the matter constituting the offence would not have constituted an offence under these Regulations if the amendments made to them by regulations 3(b) and (c) and 8 of the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 had not been in operation when that matter occurred.”.
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In Schedule 1 (miscellaneous additives generally permitted for use in foods not referred to in Schedule 6, 7 or 8)—
(a) in note 2, for “and E 948” there shall be substituted “, E948 and E949”; and
(b) in the Table—
(i) in the first column, immediately after the reference to “E948” there shall be inserted a reference to “E949”, and
(ii) in the second column, immediately after the reference to “Oxygen” there shall be inserted a reference to “Hydrogen”.
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In the Table to Schedule 3 (other permitted miscellaneous additives)—
(a) in the entry for Glycerol esters of wood rosins (E445)—
(i) in the third column, after the reference to “non-alcoholic flavoured cloudy drinks” there shall be added the following references—“Cloudy spirit drinks in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1576/89 laying down general rules on the definition, designation and presentation of spirit drinksCloudy spirit drinks containing less than 15% alcohol by volume”;
(ii) in the fourth column, opposite to each of the references added by this paragraph, there shall be added references to “100mg/1”;
(b) immediately after the entry for Disodium 5'-ribonucleotides (E635) there shall be inserted the following entry—“
E650 Zinc acetate Chewing gum 1000 mg/kg”;
(c) immediately after the entry for Carbamide (E927b) there shall be inserted the following entries—“
E943aE943bE944 ButaneIso-butanePropane Vegetable oil pan spray (for professional use only)Water-based emulsion spray quantum satis”
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In Schedule 4 (permitted carriers and carrier solvents), in the entry for Propane-1,2-diol (propylene glycol) there shall be inserted in the first column the reference “E1520”.
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In Schedule 5 (purity criteria)—
(a) for the text at the start commencing with “Each miscellaneous additive for which specific purity criteria are specified” and ending with “E957 Thaumatin.”, there shall be substituted—“
 The miscellaneous additives for which specific purity criteria are referred to below shall not contain—
(a) more than 2 milligrams per kilogram of arsenic;
(b) more than 10 milligrams per kilogram of lead;
(c) more than 50 milligrams per kilogram of copper;
(d) more than 25 milligrams per kilogram of zinc; or
(e) more than 50 milligrams per kilogram of any combination of copper and zinc.”; and
(b) the remainder of the Schedule shall be omitted save for the provisions relating to magnesium carbonates (E504).
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 30th November 2001.
W. B. Smith
Senior Officer of the
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
