Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Amendment to the principal Regulations

3.  In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in the definition of “Directive 95/31/EC” there shall be added at the end “, Directive 2000/51/EC(1) in so far as it relates to E965(ii) syrup maltitol and Directive 2001/52/EC(2)”;

(ii) for the definition of “permitted sweetener” there shall be substituted the following definition—

• ““permitted sweetener” means any sweetener specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 which satisfies the specific purity criteria for that sweetener set out—

  (a)

  in the case of any sweetener other than sucralose, in the Annex to Directive 95/31/EC; and

  (b)

  in the case of sucralose, at pages 119 to 124 of the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Compendium of Food Additives Specifications Addendum 2 (1993) FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 52 Addendum 2;” and

(b) in paragraph (2)(b), for “40%” there shall be substituted “30%”.

(1)

O.J. No. L198, 4.8.2000, p. 41

(2)

O.J. No. L190, 12.7.2001, p. 18