Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 23U.K.Labelling of food additives intended for sale to the final consumer
1.Without prejudice to Directive 2000/13/EC, Council Directive 89/396/EEC of 14 June 1989 on indications or marks identifying the lot to which a foodstuff belongs() and Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, food additives sold singly or mixed with each other and/or other food ingredients intended for sale to the final consumer may be marketed only if their packaging contains the following information:
(a)the name and E-number laid down in this Regulation in respect of each food additive or a sales description which includes the name and E-number of each food additive;
(b)the statement ‘for food’ or the statement ‘restricted use in food’ or a more specific reference to its intended food use.
2.By way of derogation from paragraph 1(a), the sales description of a table-top sweetener shall include the term ‘… -based table-top sweetener’, using the name(s) of the sweetener(s) used in its composition.
3.The labelling of a table-top sweetener containing polyols and/or aspartame and/or aspartame-acesulfame salt shall bear the following warnings:
(a)polyols: ‘excessive consumption may induce laxative effects’;
(b)aspartame/aspartame-acesulfame salt: ‘contains a source of phenylalanine’.
4.Manufacturers of table-top sweeteners shall make available by appropriate means the necessary information to allow their safe use by consumers. Guidance for the implementation of this paragraph may be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 28(3).
5.For the information provided for in paragraphs 1 to 3 of this Article, Article 13(2) of Directive 2000/13/EC shall apply accordingly.
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