The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002 No. 329 (W. 42)

Amendment of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995

8.  In Schedule 5 (purity criteria)—

(a) for the text at the start commencing with the words “Each miscellaneous additive for which specific purity criteria are specified” and ending with the expression “E 957 Thaumatin.”, there shall be substituted the following text—

• “The miscellaneous additives for which specific purity criteria are referred to below shall not contain—

  (a)

  more than 2 milligrams per kilogram of arsenic;

  (b)

  more than 10 milligrams per kilogram of lead;

  (c)

  more than 50 milligrams per kilogram of copper;

  (d)

  more than 25 milligrams per kilogram of zinc; or

  (e)

  more than 50 milligrams per kilogram of any combination of copper and zinc”; and

(b) the remainder of the Schedule shall be omitted save for the provisions relating to magnesium carbonates (E 504).