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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 30th March 2001.
(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 5.
3 
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “Directive 96/77/EC” there shall be inserted at the end “and Commission Directive 2000/63/EC”.
4 
In regulation 11 (transitional provisions and exemptions) there shall be inserted after paragraph (1B) the following paragraph—“
(1C) 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 31st March 2001; and
(b) the matter constituting the offence would not have constituted an offence under these Regulations if the amendments made by regulations 3 and 5 of the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 had not been made when that matter occurred.”.
5 
In Schedule 5 (purity criteria) the entries relating to the miscellaneous additives listed in the Schedule to these Regulations shall be omitted.
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In the following Regulations, references to the principal Regulations shall be construed as references to those Regulations as amended by the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and these Regulations:—
(a) the Mineral Hydrocarbons in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1966;
(b) the Specified Sugar Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976;
(c) the Cocoa and Chocolate Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976;
(d) the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1977;
(e) the Condensed Milk and Dried Milk Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1977;
(f) the Jam and Similar Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982;
(g) the Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984;
(h) the Food Additives Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992;
(i) the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 7th February 2001.
John McGrath
Senior Officer of the
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

SCHEDULE
Regulation 5

E 296 Malic acid
E 297 Fumaric acid
E 350(i) Sodium malate
E 350(ii) Sodium hydrogen malate
E 351 Potassium malate
E 352(i) Calcium malate
E 352(ii) Calcium hydrogen malate
E 355 Adipic acid
E 363 Succinic acid
E 380 Triammonium citrate
E 500(i) Sodium carbonate
E 500(ii) Sodium hydrogen carbonate
E 500(iii) Sodium sesquicarbonate
E 501(i) Potassium carbonate
E 501(ii) Potassium hydrogen carbonate
E 503(i) Ammonium carbonate
E 503(ii) Ammonium hydrogen carbonate
E 507 Hydrochloric acid
E 509 Calcium chloride
E 513 Sulphuric acid
E 514(i) Sodium sulphate
E 515(i) Potassium sulphate
E 516 Calcium sulphate
E 522 Aluminium potassium sulphate
E 524 Sodium hydroxide
E 525 Potassium hydroxide
E 526 Calcium hydroxide
E 527 Ammonium hydroxide
E 528 Magnesium hydroxide
E 529 Calcium oxide
E 530 Magnesium oxide
E 535 Sodium ferrocyanide
E 536 Potassium ferrocyanide
E 541 Sodium aluminium phosphate, acidic
E 551 Silicon dioxide
E 552 Calcium silicate
E 553a(i) Magnesium silicate
E 553a(ii) Magnesium trisilicate
E 575 Glucono-delta-lactone
E 576 Sodium gluconate
E 577 Potassium gluconate
E 578 Calcium gluconate
E 640 Glycine
E 900 Dimethylpolysiloxane
E 901 Beeswax, white and yellow
E 903 Carnauba wax
E 904 Shellac
E 941 Nitrogen
E 942 Nitrous oxide
E 948 Oxygen
E 999 Extract of quillaia
E 1200 Polydextrose
 Propane-1,2-diol (propylene glycol)