The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005

Amendment of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995

14.  In Schedule 8 (miscellaneous additives permitted in foods for infants and young children)—

(a) in the Notes, after note 1A there shall be inserted the following note—

“1B.   Formulae and weaning foods for infants and young children may contain E1450 starch sodium octenyl succinate resulting from the addition of vitamin preparations or polyunsaturated fatty acid preparations. The carry over of E1450 in the product ready for consumption is not to be more than 100 mg/kg from vitamin preparations and 1000 mg/kg from polyunsaturated fatty acid preparations.”;

(b) in Part 3 (miscellaneous additives permitted in weaning foods for infants and young children in good health), in the entry relating to E170, in the second column, for the words “Calcium carbonates” there shall be substituted the word—

“Calcium carbonate”;

(c) in Part 4 (miscellaneous additives permitted in foods for infants and young children for special medical purposes), for the title, the following words shall be substituted—

“MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN DIETARY FOODS FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN FOR SPECIAL MEDICAL PURPOSES AS DEFINED IN DIRECTIVE 1999/21/EC(1)”;

(d) in Part 4, the following entry shall be added to the table at the end—

“E472c

Citric acid esters of mono-and diglycerides of fatty acids

7.5g/l sold as powder 9g/l sold as liquid

From birth onwards”

(1)

Commission Directive 1999/21/EC on dietary foods for special medical purposes, OJ No. L91, 7.4.1999, p.29.