The Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Statutory Rule 2005 No. 18

The Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND

2005 No. 18

FOOD

The Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

	Made	20th January 2005
	Coming into operation	29th January 2005

Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 29th January 2005.

Amendment of the Sweeteners in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

The Sweeteners in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996[

- (1) In Regulation 2 (interpretation) paragraph (1) -

" and by Directive 2003/115/EC"[

" "permitted sweetener" means any sweetener specified in Column 2 of Schedule 1 which satisfies the specific purity criteria for that sweetener specified in the Annex to Directive 95/31/EC;".

(2) In regulation 2 paragraph (2) -

" and salt of aspartame-acesulfame"

shall be omitted; and

" the maximum amount of free imide contained in the".

4. In regulation 3 (sale and use of sweeteners) -

(a) in paragraph (3) there shall be added at the end "as read with the notes to that Schedule"; and

(b) paragraph (5) shall be omitted.

5. In regulation 4 (sale of table-top sweeteners) in paragraph (b)(iii) after "where it contains aspartame" there shall be inserted -

" or salt of aspartame - acesulfame".

6. In regulation 11 (transitional provision and exemption) after paragraph (1A) there shall be inserted -

" (1B) In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations which allege a contravention of regulations 3, 4 or 5 it shall be a defence to prove that -

which in either case was placed on the market before 29th July 2005; and

(c) the matter constituting the offence would not have constituted an offence under these Regulations if the amendments made by regulations 3(1)(a) or (c) or (2), or 4 to 7 of the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 had not been made when the act was committed.".

7. In Schedule 1 (permitted sweeteners and the foods in or which they may be used) -

(a) in the entries in Column 3 relating to "E951 Aspartame" after "Snacks": certain flavours of ready to eat, prepacked, dry, savoury starch products and coated nuts" there shall be inserted in Column 3 -

Essoblaten

and in the corresponding place in Column 4 there shall be inserted -

" 1000mg/kg";

(b) in the entries relating to "E952 Cyclamic Acid and its Na and Ca salts" -

" 250 mg/l",

(ii) in the entry under that heading relating to "Milk and milk-derivative based or fruit juice-based energy- reduced or with no added sugar", for the entry "400 mg/l" in Column 4 there shall be substituted -

" 250 mg/l",

(iii) the entries listed in Columns 3 and 4 under the heading "Confectionery" shall be omitted, and

(iv) the entry in Columns 3 and 4 under the heading "Miscellaneous" relating to "Edible ices, energy-reduced or with no added sugar" shall be omitted;

(d) after the entries relating to E959 Neohesperidine DC the following shall be inserted -

"E962	Salt of aspartame- acesulfame	Non-alcoholic drinks
		- Water-based flavoured drinks, energy-reduced or with no added sugar	350 mg/l⁽^a⁾
		- Milk and milk-derivative-based or fruit-juice based drinks, energy-reduced or with no added sugar	350 mg/l⁽^a⁾
		Desserts and similar products
		- Water-based flavoured desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar	350 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		- Milk and milk-derivative-based preparations, energy-reduced or with no added sugar	350 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		- Fruit and vegetable-based desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar	350 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		- Egg-based desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar	350 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		- Cereal-based desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar	350 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		- Breakfast cereals with a fibre content of more than 15% and containing at least 20% bran, energy-reduced or with no added sugar	1000 mg/kg⁽^b⁾
		- Fat-based desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar	350 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		Confectionery
		- Confectionery with no added sugar	500 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		- Cocoa or dried-fruit-based confectionery, energy-reduced or with no added sugar	500 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		- Starch-based confectionery, energy-reduced or with no added sugar	1000 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		- Breath freshening micro-sweets with no added sugar	2500 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		- Chewing gum with no added sugar	2000 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		Miscellaneous
		- "Snacks": certain flavours of ready to eat, prepacked, dry, savoury starch products and coated nuts	500 mg/kg⁽^b⁾
		- Essoblaten	1000 mg/kg⁽^b⁾
		- Cocoa, milk, dried-fruit or fat-based sandwich spreads, energy-reduced or with no added sugar	1000 mg/kg⁽^b⁾
		- Cider and perry	350 mg/l⁽^a⁾
		- Drinks consisting of a mixture of a non-alcoholic drink and beer, cider, perry, spirits or wine	350 mg/l⁽^a⁾
		- Spirit drinks containing less than 15% alcohol by volume	350 mg/l⁽^a⁾
		- Alcohol-free beer or with an alcohol content not exceeding 1.2% vol	350 mg/l⁽^a⁾
		- "Biere de table/Tafelbier/Table beer" (original wort content less than 6%) except for "Obergäriges Einfachbier"	350 mg/l⁽^a⁾
		- Beers with a minimum acidity of 30 milli-equivalents expressed as NaOH	350 mg/l⁽^a⁾
		- Brown beers of the "oud bruin" type	350 mg/l⁽^a⁾
		- Energy-reduced beer	25 mg/l⁽^b⁾
		- Edible ices, energy-reduced or with no added sugar	800 mg/kg⁽^b⁾
		- Canned or bottled fruit, energy-reduced or with no added sugar	350 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		- Energy-reduced jams, jellies and marmalades	1000 mg/kg⁽^b⁾
		- Energy-reduced fruit and vegetable preparations	350 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		- Sweet-sour preserves of fruit and vegetables	200 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		- Feinkostsalat	350 mg/kg⁽^b⁾
		- Sweet-sour preserves and semi-preserves of fish and marinades of fish, crustaceans and molluscs	200 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		- Energy-reduced soups	110 mg/l⁽^b⁾
		- Sauces	350 mg/kg⁽^b⁾
		- Mustard	350 mg/kg⁽^b⁾
		- Fine bakery products for special nutritional uses	1000 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		- Foods intended for use in energy-restricted diets for weight reduction as referred to in Directive 1996/8/EC	450 mg/kg(a)
		- Dietary foods for special medical purposes as defined in Directive 1999/21/EC	450 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		- Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC supplied in a liquid form	350 mg/l⁽^a⁾
		- Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC supplied in a solid form	500 mg/kg⁽^a⁾
		- Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC based on vitamins and/or mineral elements and supplied in a syrup-type or chewable form	2000 mg/kg⁽^a⁾"