The Purity Criteria for Colours, Sweeteners and Miscellaneous Food Additives (Scotland) Regulations 2009

Scottish statutory instruments 167 2009

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Scotland

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TSO (The Stationery Office)

Enabling power: Food Safety Act 1990, ss. 16 (1) (a), 17 (1). Issued: 05.05.2009. Made: 29.04.2009. Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 30.04.2009. Coming into force: 25.05.2009. Effect: S.I. 1995/3123, 3124, 3187 amended. Territorial extent and classification: S. General. EC note: These Regulations provide for the implementation of three new Commission Directives which consolidate existing European Community rules governing the purity criteria for colours, sweeteners and other miscellaneous additives used in food. The new directives are: (a) Commission Directive 2008/128/EC laying down specific purity criteria for colours for use in foodstuffs; (b) Commission Directive 2008/60/EC laying down specific purity criteria concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs; and (c) Commission Directive 2008/84/EC.