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Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
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 9U.K.Functional classes of food additives
1.Food additives may be assigned in Annexes II and III to one of the functional classes in Annex I on the basis of the principal technological function of the food additive.
Allocating a food additive to a functional class shall not preclude it from being used for several functions.
2.Where necessary, as a result of scientific progress or technological development, the measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, relating to additional functional classes which may be added to Annex I [F1are to be prescribed by the appropriate authority].
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F1 Words in Art. 9(2) 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, 90; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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