- Latest available (Revised)
- Original (As made)
The Flavourings in Food Regulations 1992
You are here:
- UK Statutory Instruments
- 1992 No. 1971
- Regulation 3
What Version
More Resources
Status:
This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format.
Sale etc of food containing flavourings
3.—(1) No food shall be sold which has in it or on it any added relevant flavouring other than a permitted flavouring.
(2) No food sold which has in it or on it any relevant flavouring shall contain by virtue of the presence of that relevant flavouring a proportion of 3,4-benzopyrene greater than xplus;0.03 μg per kilogram of the food, where x μg of 3,4-benzopyrene per kilogram of the food is the proportion thereof otherwise occurring in the food, and for the purpose of this paragraph x is capable of representing nil as well as any other quantity.
(3) No food sold which has in it or on it any relevant flavouring shall have in it or on it any specified substance which has been added as such.
(4) No food sold which has in it or on it any relevant flavouring shall contain any specified substance other than a specified substance which is present in the food—
(a)naturally, or
(b)as a result of the inclusion of the relevant flavouring where that relevant flavouring is prepared from natural raw materials.
(5) No food sold which has in it or on it any relevant flavouring shall contain a proportion greater than the permitted proportion of any specified substance except where the proportion of the specified substance in the food is no greater than it would have been had the food not had the relevant flavouring in it or on it.
(6) For the purpose of paragraph (5) above the permitted proportion of any specified substance mentioned in a paragraph of column 1 of Schedule 2 is—
(a)except in the case of any description of food mentioned in the corresponding paragraph of column 3 thereof, the standard permitted proportion specified in the corresponding paragraph of column 2 thereof, and
(b)in the case of any description of food mentioned in the corresponding paragraph of column 3 thereof, the proportion specified for it in that paragraph.
(7) No person shall sell any food which does not comply with this regulation.
Options/Help
Print Options
PrintThe Whole Instrument
PrintThis Section only
Legislation is available in different versions:
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
Opening Options
Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once
More Resources
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- confers power and blanket amendment details
- all formats of all associated documents
- correction slips
- links to related legislation and further information resources
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.