http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1333/article/6Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives (Text with EEA relevance)Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives (Text with EEA relevance)King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02008R1333-20201223texttext/xmlen2025-11-14Expert Participation2025-11-13 CHAPTER II <Substitution ChangeId="key-199f82a28d152386443b196afc044e1f-1748432009566" CommentaryRef="key-199f82a28d152386443b196afc044e1f">AUTHORISATION OF</Substitution> FOOD ADDITIVES<Substitution ChangeId="key-1f6e6359de760e9ac75f3c7dd20fd8df-1748433869000" CommentaryRef="key-1f6e6359de760e9ac75f3c7dd20fd8df">General conditions for authorisation of food additives</Substitution>Article 61A food additive may be authorised only if it meets the following conditions and, where relevant, other legitimate factors, including environmental factors:ait does not, on the basis of the scientific evidence available, pose a safety concern to the health of the consumer at the level of use proposed;bthere is a reasonable technological need that cannot be achieved by other economically and technologically practicable means; andcits use does not mislead the consumer.2To be authorised a food additive must have advantages and benefits for the consumer and therefore serve one or more of the following purposes:apreserving the nutritional quality of the food;bproviding necessary ingredients or constituents for foods manufactured for groups of consumers with special dietary needs;cenhancing the keeping quality or stability of a food or improving its organoleptic properties, provided that the nature, substance or quality of the food is not changed in such a way as to mislead the consumer;daiding in the manufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packing, transport or storage of food, including food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings, provided that the food additive is not used to disguise the effects of the use of faulty raw materials or of any undesirable practices or techniques, including unhygienic practices or techniques, during the course of any such activities.3By way of derogation from paragraph 2(a), a food additive which reduces the nutritional quality of a food may be authorised for primary use provided that:athe food does not constitute a significant component of a normal diet; orbthe food additive is necessary for the production of foods for groups of consumers with special dietary needs.Words in Ch. 2 heading substituted (E.W.S.) (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 8(5) (with reg. 23)Art. 6 heading substituted (E.W.S.) (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 8(7)(a) (with reg. 23)Word in Art. 6(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 8(7)(b) (with reg. 23)Word in Art. 6(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 8(7)(c) (with reg. 23)Words in Art. 6(3) substituted (E.W.S.) (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 8(7)(d) (with reg. 23)