Bread and Flour Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Additional ingredients

5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall use as an ingredient in the preparation of flour or bread any flour bleaching agent other than a flour bleaching agent or flour treatment agent specified in an entry in column 1 of Schedule 3.

(2) No person shall use as an ingredient in the preparation of flour or bread any flour bleaching agent or flour treatment agent specified in an entry in column 1 of Schedule 3 unless—

(a) the flour or bread is of a type specified in the related entry in column 2 of that Schedule; and

(b) the quantity of the flour bleaching agent or flour treatment agent used in the flour or bread does not exceed the maximum quantity specified in the related entry in column 3 of that Schedule.

(3) Notwithstanding regulation 17 of the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, where a flour treatment agent has been used as an ingredient of any bread an indication of the presence of flour treatment agent shall appear—

(a) in the list of ingredients of the bread as prescribed in regulation 14 of the said Regulations, where the bread is marked or labelled with a list of ingredients; or

(b) on a label, ticket or notice as prescribed by regulation 36 of the said Regulations, where by virtue of regulation 23 of the said Regulations the bread is not marked or labelled with its ingredients.