Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 1333)

[F1 ANNEX III U.K. [F2 Domestic] list of food additives including carriers approved for use in food additives, food enzymes, food flavourings, nutrients and their conditions of use

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1130/2011 of 11 November 2011 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food additives by establishing a Union list of food additives approved for use in food additives, food enzymes, food flavourings and nutrients (Text with EEA relevance).

F2 Word in Annex 3 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/860), regs. 1, 114; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

PART 5 U.K. Food additives in nutrients

Section B U.K.

— Food additives added in nutrients intended to be used in foodstuffs for infants and young children listed in Point 13.1 of Part E of Annex II: U.K.

Note: General rules for conditions of use of Food additives in Part 5 U.K.

(1) Food Additives presented in Table 1 of Part 6 of this Annex, which are generally permitted for use in food under the general ‘ quantum satis ’ principle, included in Annex II Part C(1) Group I, have been included as food additives in nutrients under the general ‘ quantum satis ’ principle, unless stated otherwise. U.K.

(2) For phosphates and silicates, when used as additives, maximum limits have been set only in the nutrient preparation and not in the final food. U.K.

(3) For all other food additives with a numerical ADI value maximum limits have been set for the nutrient preparation and the final food. U.K.

(4) No food additives are authorised for their function as colour, sweetener or flavour enhancer.] U.K.