The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2004

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply to England, implement Commission Directive 2003/95/EC(1) and Commission Directive 2004/45/EC(2), both of which amend Commission Directive 96/77/EC(3) laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners. Directive 96/77/EC was implemented by amendment(4) to the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995(5).

In particular these Regulations provide for purity criteria as outlined in the Annexes to Commission Directives 2003/95/EC and 2004/45/EC in relation to the following additives:

E251 Sodium Nitrate

E431 Polyoxyethylene (40) Stearate

E432 Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monolaurate (Polysorbate 20)

E433 Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monooleate (Polysorbate 80)

E434 Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monopalmitate (Polysorbate 40)

E435 Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monostearate (Polysorbate 60)

E436 Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Tristearate (Polysorbate 65)

E459 Beta-Cyclodextrin

Polyethylene Glycol 6000

E407 Carrageenan

E407a Processed Eucheuma seaweed

E907 Hydrogenated Poly-1-decene

E1517 Glyceryl Diacetate

E1519 Benzyl Alcohol

A regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared in respect of these Regulations as the instrument will have no effect on the costs of business. A transposition note setting out how the main elements of Directives 2003/95/EC and 2003/45/EC are transposed into domestic law has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies may be obtained from the Novel Foods Additives and Supplements Division of the Food Standards Agency, Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NH.

(1)

OJ No. L283, 31.10.2003, p.71.

(2)

OJ No. L113, 20.4.2004, p.19.

(3)

OJ No. L339, 30.12.1996, p.1.

(4)

In S.I. 1997/1413.

(5)

S.I. 1995/3187, relevant amendments are S.I. 1997/1413, S.I.1999/1136, S.I. 2001/60 and S.I. 2001/3775.