Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Food Additives (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 and come into force on 31st March 2011.

Amendment of the Food Additives (Scotland) Regulations 2009

2.—(1) The Food Additives (Scotland) Regulations 2009(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) at the end of the definition of “permitted sweetener” insert “as amended by Commission Directive 2010/37/EU amending Directive 2008/60/EC laying down specific purity criteria on sweeteners(2)”; and

(b) at the end of the definition of “purity criteria” insert “as amended by Commission Directive 2010/67/EU amending Directive 2008/84/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners(3)”.

SHONA ROBISON

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

10th February 2011