The Miscellaneous Food Additives and the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008

Amendments to the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995

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

(a) in paragraphs 1, 1A and 1B of the introductory notes, for the expression “weaning foods” substitute in each case the expression “processed cereal-based foods and baby foods”;

(b) in Part 3 (miscellaneous additives permitted in weaning foods for infants and young children in good health),

(i) omit the entry relating to E 473; and

(ii) where it appears in the title and in the third column of the entries relating to E 170 to E 526, E 500 to E 503, E 338, E 410 to E 440, E 1404 to E 1450, and E 1451, for the expression “weaning foods” substitute “processed cereal-based foods and baby foods”.

(c) in Part 4 (miscellaneous additives permitted in dietary foods for infants and young children for special medical purposes as defined in Directive 1999/21/EC), after the entry relating to E 472c insert the following entry—

“E 473

Sucrose esters of fatty acids

Products containing hydrolysed proteins, peptides and amino acids

120 mg/l”