SCHEDULE 2CATEGORIES OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF FOOD ADDITIVES

Regulation 2

1

Processing aids, that is to say substances—

a

which are not consumed as food ingredients by themselves;

b

which are intentionally used in the processing of raw materials, foods or their ingredients, to fulfil technological purposes during treatment or processing into finished products;

c

which are capable of resulting in the unintended but technically unavoidable presence of residues of such substances or their derivatives in the finished products, and

d

the residues of which (or, as the case may be, of the derivatives of which) do not present any risk to human health and do not have any technological effect on the finished products.

2

Substances used in the protection of plants and plant products in conformity with rules for the time being in force in the European Economic Community relating to plant health.

3

Permitted flavourings within the meaning of the Flavourings in Food Regulations 199219.

4

Substances added to food as nutrients.