Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1136

      The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1999 No. 1136

FOOD

The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999

  Made 8th April 1999 
  Laid before Parliament 30th April 1999 
  Coming into force 28th May 1999 

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6(4), 16(1)(a), 17(1), 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of the said Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations:

Title, commencement and interpretation
     1.  - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 28th May 1999.

    (2) In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995[2].

Amendment of the principal Regulations
     2. The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 13 below.

     3. In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)-

      " "flour treatment agent" means a substance added to flour or dough to improve its baking quality, but does not include any emulsifier;";

    (d) in the definition of "miscellaneous additive"-

      (i) there shall be inserted after the words "flavour enhancer," the words "flour treatment agent,";

      (ii) there shall be inserted at the end the words "or any enzyme except invertase or lysozyme".

     4. In regulation 3(4) (use of miscellaneous additives) there shall be substituted for the words "Notes 1 and 3" the words "Notes 1, 3 and 4".

     5. In regulation 11 (transitional provision and exemptions) there shall be inserted after paragraph (1A) the following paragraph-

     6. In Schedule 1 (miscellaneous additives generally permitted for use in foods not referred to in Schedule 6, 7 or 8)-


E 920 L-Cysteine",


E 1103 Invertase" and


E 1451 Acetylated oxidised starch".


     7. In Schedule 2 (conditionally permitted preservatives and antioxidants)-


(iii) in that table there shall be inserted at the end the following entries-

... Mehu and Makeutettu ... Mehu 500 200        
Analogues of meat, fish, crustaceans and cephalopods and cheese based on protein 2000          
Dulce de membrillo   1000        
Marmelada       1500    
Ostkaka 2000          
Pasha 1000          
Semmelknödelteig 2000          
Cheese and cheese analogues (surface treatment only) quantum satis          
Cooked red beet   2000        
Collagen-based casings with a water activity greater than 0.6 quantum satis";          


(b) in Part B (sulphur dioxide and sulphites) in the second table-


(v) there shall be inserted at the end the following entries-

Marinated nuts 50
Vacuum packed sweet corn 100
Distilled alcoholic beverages containing whole pears 50";


(c) in Part C (other preservatives)-

    (i) in the first table the entry relating to E 233 Thiabendazole shall be omitted;

    (ii) in the first table in the entry relating to E 234 Nisin there shall be inserted at the end in column 2 the word "Mascarpone" and in column 3 opposite that word the words "10 mg/kg";

    (iii) in the second table there shall be substituted for the entries relating to E 251 Sodium nitrate and E 252 Potassium nitrate the following entries-

    E 251 Sodium nitrate } Cured meat products } 300 250(2)
    E 252 Potassium nitrate } Canned meat products }  
      } Hard, semi-hard and semi-soft cheese } 50(2)
      } Dairy-based cheese analogue }  
      } Pickled herring and sprat   200(3)
      } Foie gras, foie gras entier, blocs de foie gras   50(2)

    2(*) Expressed as NaNO3.

    3 (**) Residual amount nitrite formed from nitrate included, expressed as NaNO2.
    ";

(iv) in the third table there shall be substituted for the entries relating to E 280 Propionic acid, E 281 Sodium propionate, E 282 Calcium proprionate and E 283 Potassium proprionate the following entries-

E 280 Propionic acid (4) } Pre-packed sliced bread and rye bread 3000 mg/kg expressed as propionic acid
E 281 Sodium propionate (4) }    
E 282 Calcium propionate (4) }    
E 283 Potassium propionate (4) } Energy reduced bread } 2000 mg/kg expressed as propionic acid
  } Partially baked, pre-packed bread }
  } Pre-packed fine bakery wares (including flour confectionery) with a water activity of more than 0.65 }
  } Pre-packed Rolls, buns and pitta }
  } Pre-packed pølsebrød, boller and dansk flutes }
  } Christmas pudding } 1000 mg/kg expressed as propionic acid
  } Pre-packed bread }
  } Cheese and cheese analogues (surface treatment only) quantum satis
4 (*) Propionic acid and its salts may be present in certain fermented products resulting from the fermentation process following good manufacturing practice.
";

(d) in Part D (other antioxidants) in the table there shall be substituted in column 3 for the words "Dehydrated granulated potatoes" the words "Dehydrated potatoes".

     8. There shall be substituted for Schedule 3 (other permitted miscellaneous additives) Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

     9. In Schedule 4 (permitted carriers and carrier solvents) in the table there shall be inserted at the end the following entries-

E322 Lecitbins } Glazing agents for fruit
E 432-E 436 Polysorbates }
E 470a Sodium potassium and calcium salts of fatty acids }
E 471 Mono and diglycerides of fatty acids }
E 491-E 495 Sorbitans }
E 570 Fatty acids }
E 900 Dimethylpolysiloxane }
  Polyethyleneglycol 6000 Sweeteners
E 425 " Konjac

      (i) Konjac gum

      (ii) Konjac glucomannane

  
E 459 Beta-cyclodextrine Maximum 1 g/kg in or on the food
E 1451 Acetylated oxidised starch  
E 468 Cross linked sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Sweeteners
E 469 Enzymatically hydrolysed carboxy methyl cellulose".  


     10. In Schedule 5 (purity criteria)-

     11. In Schedule 6 (foods in which miscellaneous additives listed in Schedule 1 are generally prohibited)-

     12. There shall be substituted for Schedule 7 (foods in which a limited number of miscellaneous additives listed in Schedule 1 may be used) Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

     13. In Schedule 8 (miscellaneous additives permitted in foods for infants and young children)-

 
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