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3. In Part E (authorised food additives and conditions of use in food categories), in the table—
(a)in each place it occurs, for “E 960a and E 960c” substitute “E 960a – E 960c”,
(b)in category 03 (edible ices), after the entry for E 473-474 (sucrose esters of fatty acids – sucroglycerides), insert—
“E 476 | Polyglycerol polyricinoleate | 4000 | | except sorbets”, |
(c)in category 05.1 (cocoa and chocolate products), at the end, insert the following footnote—
“(1) The additives may be added individually or in combination.”,
(d)in category 05.2 (other confectionary including breath freshening microsweets)—
(i)in the third entry for Group IV (polyols), for “only cocoa or dried fruit-based, milk or fat-based sandwich spreads, energy-reduced or with no added sugar” substitute “sandwich spreads made with a base of cocoa, milk, dried fruit or fat; energy reduced or with no added sugar”,
(ii)in the first entry for E 960a – E960c Steviol glycosides() for “only cocoa or dried-fruit-based, energy-reduced or with no added sugar”, substitute “only cocoa or dried fruit based; energy reduced or with no added sugar”,
(iii)in the second entry for E 960a – E960c Steviol glycosides for “only cocoa, milk, dried-fruit-based or fat-based sandwich spreads, energy-reduced or with no added sugar”, substitute “sandwich spreads made with a base of cocoa, milk, dried fruit or fat; energy reduced or with no added sugar”,
(e)in category 05.4 (decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit-based fillings covered by category 4.2.4), for the second entry for E 960a – E 960c Steviol glycosides for “only cocoa or dried-fruit-based, energy-reduced or with no added sugar”, substitute “only cocoa or dried fruit based; energy reduced or with no added sugar”,
(f)in category 12.6 (sauces), for the entry for “E 476” (polyglycerol polyricinoleate), substitute—
“E 476 | Polyglycerol polyricinoleate | 4000 | | only emulsified sauces with a fat content of less than 20% |
E 476 | Polyglycerol polyricinoleate | 8000 | | only emulsified sauces with a fat content of 20% or more”. |