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 II U.K. [F2 Domestic] list of food additives approved for use in foods and conditions of use

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1129/2011 of 11 November 2011 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing a Union list of food additives (Text with EEA relevance).

F2 Word in Annex 2 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, 112; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[F3 PART C U.K. DEFINITIONS OF GROUPS OF ADDITIVES

(F4 F5 F6 5) Other additives that may be regulated combined U.K.

[F7 (e)

E 200 – 202; 214 – 219: Sorbic acid – potassium sorbate; p-hydroxybenzoates (SA + PHB)

E-number	Name
E 200	Sorbic acid
E 202	Potassium sorbate
E 214	Ethyl-p-hydroxybenzoate
E 215	Sodium ethyl p-hydroxybenzoate
E 218	Methyl p-hydroxybenzoate
E 219	Sodium methyl p-hydroxybenzoate]]]

Textual Amendments

F4 Annex 2 Pt. C para. 5(v) inserted (E.) (15.5.2023) by The Food Additives, Food Flavourings and Novel Foods (Authorisations) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/334), regs. 1(1), 2(3) (with reg. 4); and (W.) (15.5.2023) by The Food Additives, Food Flavourings, and Novel Foods (Authorisations) and Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/343), regs. 1(4), Sch. 1 para. 3 (with reg. 4); and (S.) (15.5.2023) by The Food Additives, Food Flavourings and Novel Foods (Authorisations) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/78), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 2 (with reg. 5)

F5 Words in Annex 2 Pt. C para. 5(v) substituted (E.) (28.6.2024) by The Food Additives and Novel Foods (Authorisations and Miscellaneous Amendments) and Food Flavourings (Removal of Authorisations) (England) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/685), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a); and (W.) (28.6.2024) by The Food Additives and Novel Foods (Authorisations and Miscellaneous Amendments) and Food Flavourings (Removal of Authorisations) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/741), regs. 1(2)(c), Sch. 1 para. 3(a); and (S.) (28.6.2024) by The Food Additives and Novel Foods (Authorisations and Miscellaneous Amendments) and Food Flavourings (Removal of Authorisations) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/156), regs. 1, sch. 1 para. 2(a)

F6 Words in Annex 2 Pt. C para. 5(v) substituted (E.) (28.6.2024) by The Food Additives and Novel Foods (Authorisations and Miscellaneous Amendments) and Food Flavourings (Removal of Authorisations) (England) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/685), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b); and (W.) (28.6.2024) by The Food Additives and Novel Foods (Authorisations and Miscellaneous Amendments) and Food Flavourings (Removal of Authorisations) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/741), regs. 1(2)(c), Sch. 1 para. 3(b); and (S.) (28.6.2024) by The Food Additives and Novel Foods (Authorisations and Miscellaneous Amendments) and Food Flavourings (Removal of Authorisations) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/156), regs. 1, sch. 1 para. 2(b)

F7 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/98 of 22 January 2018 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards calcium sorbate (E 203) (Text with EEA relevance).

Textual Amendments

F3 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/647 of 24 April 2015 amending and correcting Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of certain food additives (Text with EEA relevance).