Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 No. 244

Amendment of the principal Regulations

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

(a) in the definition of “Directive 95/2/EC” there shall be inserted at the end “and European Parliament and Council Directive 98/72/EC(1)”;

(b) in the definition of “Directive 96/77/EC” there shall be inserted at the end “, as amended by Commission Directive 98/86/EC(2)”;

(c) after the definition of “flavour enhancer” there shall be inserted the following—

““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) after “flavour enhancer”, there shall be inserted “flour treatment agent,”;

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

(1)

O.J. No. L295, 4.11.98, p. 18

(2)

O.J. No. L334, 9.12.98, p. 1