Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Use of miscellaneous additives in or on compound foods

4.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), any food in or on which a permitted miscellaneous additive is used without contravening any of the provisions of paragraphs (2) to (5) or (7) of regulation 3 may itself be used as an ingredient in a compound food in or on which the use of such miscellaneous additive is not otherwise permitted; and the presence in or on that compound food of such miscellaneous additive as a result of its containing such an ingredient shall not constitute a contravention of any of the provisions of those paragraphs of regulation 3.

(2) Subject to paragraph (4), there may be used in or on a food any permitted miscellaneous additive the use of which would otherwise constitute a contravention of any of the provisions of paragraphs (2) to (5) or (7) of regulation 3, where such a food is destined to be used solely in the preparation of a compound food and the resulting presence in or on that compound food of such miscellaneous additive does not itself constitute a contravention of any of the provisions of those paragraphs of regulation 3.

(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of any compound food listed in Schedule 6 or in column 1 of Schedule 7.

(4) Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply in the case of any food for infants or young children as referred to in Directive 89/398/EEC, except where specifically provided in these Regulations.