The Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Amendment of the Sweeteners in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

3.—(1) In Regulation 2 (interpretation) paragraph (1) –

(a) in the definition of “Directive 94/35/EC” after “Directive 96/83/EC of the European Parliament and Council” there shall be inserted –

“and by Directive 2003/115/EC”(1);

(b) in the definition of “Directive 95/31/EC” after “Directive 2001/52/EC” there shall be inserted –

“and by Directive 2004/46/EC”(2); and

(c) for the definition of “permitted sweetener” there shall be substituted –

““permitted sweetener” means any sweetener specified in Column 2 of Schedule 1 which satisfies the specific purity criteria for that sweetener specified in the Annex to Directive 95/31/EC;”.

(2) In regulation 2 paragraph (2) –

(a) in sub-paragraph (c)(i) –

“and salt of aspartame-acesulfame”

shall be omitted; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (c)(ii) after “as the case may be” where those words first appear in that sub-paragraph, there shall be inserted –

“the maximum amount of free imide contained in the”.

(1)

O.J. No. L24, 29.1.2004, p. 65

(2)

O.J. No. L114, 21.4.2004, p. 15