The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note does not form part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply to Wales only, amend the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995, as already amended (“the principal Regulations”), which extend to Great Britain.

The Regulations implement—

(a) Commission Directive 2001/30/EC amending Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (OJ No. L146, 31.5.2001, p. 1), and

(b) Directive 2001/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 95/2 on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (OJ No. L55, 24.2.2001, p.59).

Subject to a transitional provision, the Regulations specify new purity criteria in relation to the additives specified in the Annex to Commission Directive 2001/ 30/EC (regulations 3(b) and (c), 4 and 8) and make related amendments to certain Regulations as regards references in those Regulations to the principal Regulations (regulation 9).

The Regulations also—

(a) add one new additive to the list, in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations, of miscellaneous food additives generally permitted for use in foods not referred to in Schedule 6, 7 or 8 to those Regulations (regulation 5);

(b) modify the list, in Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations, of miscellaneous food additives which may be included in certain foods, by adding four new additives to that list and specifying additional foods in which Glycerol esters of wood rosins may be contained (regulation 6); and

(c) modify the list of permitted carriers and carrier solvents in Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations by incorporating an E Number for Propan - 1,2-diol (propylene glycol) (regulation 7).