Statutory Rule 1999 No. 244

      Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND

1999 No. 244

FOOD

Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

  Made 25th May 1999 
  Coming into operation 13th July 1999 

The Department of Health and Social Services and the Department of Agriculture being the Departments concerned[1] in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Articles 15(1)(a), 16(1), 25(1) and (3), 26(3) and 47(2) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991[2] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, after consultation in accordance with Article 47(3) of the said Order with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
     1.  - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 13th July 1999.

    (2) In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996[3].

Amendment of the principal Regulations
     2. The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 13.

     3. In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) - 

      " "flour treatment agent" means a substance added to flour or dough to improve its baking quality, but does not include any emulsifier;";

    (d) in the definition of "miscellaneous additive" - 

      (i) after "flavour enhancer", there shall be inserted "flour treatment agent,";

      (ii) there shall be inserted at the end "or any enzyme except invertase or lysozyme".

     4. In regulation 3(4) (use of miscellaneous additives) for "Notes 1 and 3" there shall be substituted "Notes 1, 3 and 4".

     5. In regulation 11 (transitional provisions and exemptions) there shall be inserted after paragraph (1A) the following paragraph - 

     6. In Schedule 1 (miscellaneous additives generally permitted for use in foods not referred to in Schedule 6, 7 or 8) - 


     7. In Schedule 2 (conditionally permitted preservatives and antioxidants) - 

  
Olives and olive-based preparations 1000 500   1000"    
 


    (ii) there shall be substituted for the entries relating to emulsified sauces with a fat content of 60% or more and emulsified sauces with a fat content less than 60% the following entries - 

  
Emulsified sauces with a fat content of 60% or more 1000 500   1000    
Emulsified sauces with a fat content less than 60% 2000 1000   2000"    


 
    (iii) there shall be inserted at the end the following entries - 

  
. . . Mehu and Makeutettu . . . Mehu 500 200        
Analogues of meat, fish, crustaceans and cephalopods
and cheese based on protein		 2000          
Dulce de membrillo   1000        
Marmelada       1500    
Ostkaka 2000          
Pasha 1000          
Semmelknšdelteig 2000          
Cheese and cheese analogues (surface treatment only) quantum satis          
Cooked red beet   2000        
Collagen-based casings with a water activity greater than 0.6 quantum satis"          


 
    (b) in Part B (suplhur dioxide and sulphites) in the second table - 

      (i) there shall be substituted for the entries relating to crustaceans and cephalopods the following entries - 

      " Crustaceans and cephalopods:

      		  
       -  fresh, frozen and deep-frozen

      		 150*
       -  crustaceans,panaeidae solenceridae, aristeidaefamily:

      		  
       -  up to 80 units

      		 150*
       -  between 80 and 120 units

      		 200*
       -  over 120 units

      		 300*
       -  cooked

      		 50*
      * In edible parts
      "

      (ii) in column 1 there shall be substituted for "Dehydrated granulated potatoes" the words "Dehydrated potatoes";

      (iii) in the entry relating to sugars as defined in Directive 73/437/EEC[7] except glucose syrup, whether or not dehydrated, there shall be substituted in column 2 for the number "15" the number "10";

      (iv) there shall be substituted for the entry relating to vegetable  -  and cereal-protein-based meat, fish and crustacean analogues the following entry - 

      Analogues of meat, fish and crustacean based on protein 200";


    (v) there shall be inserted at the end the following entries - 

    Marinated nuts 50
    Vacumn packed sweet corn 100
    Distilled alcoholic beverages containing whole pears 50",


(c) in Part C (other preservatives) - 

    (i) in the first table the entry relating to E 233 Thiabendazole shall be omitted;

    (ii) in the first table in the entry relating to E 234 Nisin there shall be inserted at the end in column 3 the word "Mascarpone" and in column 4 opposite that word "10 mg/kg";

    (iii) in the second table there shall be substituted for the entries relating to E 251 Sodium nitrate and E 252 Potassium nitrate the following entries - 

  
" E 251 Sodium nitrate

E 252 Potassium nitrate

 Cured meat products

Canned meat products

 300 250*
  Hard, semi-hard and semi-soft cheese

Dairy-based cheese analogue

   50*
  Pickled herring and sprat   200*
  Foie gras, foie gras entier, blocs de foie gras 50*  
* Expressed as NaNO3* Residual amounts nitrite formed from nitrate included, expressed as NaNO2
";

  (iv) in the third table there shall be substituted for the entries relating to E 280 Propionic acid, E 281 Sodium propionate, E 282 Calcium propionate and E 283 Potassium propionate the following entries - 

  
" E 280

E 281

E 282

 Propionic acid*

Sodium propionate*

Calcium propionate*

 Pre-packed sliced bread and rye bread 3000 mg/kg expressed as propionic acid
E 283 Potassium propionate* Energy reduced bread

Partially baked, pre-packed bread

Pre-packed fine bakery wares (including flour confectionery) with a water activity of more than 0.65

Pre-packed rolls, buns and pitta

Prepacked pølsebrød boller and dansk flutes

 2000 mg/kg expressed as propionic acid
    Christmas pudding

Pre-packed bread

 1000 mg/kg expressed as propionic acid
  Cheese and cheese analogues (surface treatment only) Quantum satis  
* Propionic acid and its salts may be present in certain fermented products resulting from the fermentation process following good manufacturing practice.
";

 

    (d) in Part D (other antioxidants) in the table there shall be substituted in column 3 for "De-hydrated granulated potatoes" the words "Dehydrated potatoes".

     8. There shall be substituted for Schedule 3 (other permitted miscellaneous additives) Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

     9. In Schedule 4 (permitted carriers and carrier solvents) in the table there shall be inserted at the end the following entries - 

  
" E 322

E 432-E436

E 470a

E 471

E 491-E 495

E 570

E 900

 Lecithins

Polysorbates

Sodium, potassium and calcium salts of fatty acids

Mono and diglycerides of fatty acids

Sorbitans

Fatty acids

Dimethylpolysiloxane

 Glazing agents for fruit
  Polyethyleneglycol 6000 Sweeteners
E 425 Konjac

      (i) Konjac gum

      (ii) Konjac glucomannane

  
E 459 Beta-cyclodextrine Maximum 1 g/kg in or on the food
E 1451 Acetylated oxidised starch  
E 468 Cross linked sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Sweeteners
E 469 Enzymatically hydrolysed carboxy methyl cellulose".  


       10. In Schedule 5 (purity criteria) - 

     11. In Schedule 6 (foods in which miscellaneous additives listed in Schedule 1 are generally prohibited) - 

     12. There shall be substituted for Schedule 7 (foods in which a limited number of miscellaneous additives listed in Schedule 1 may be used) Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

     13. In Schedule 8 (miscellaneous additives permitted in foods for infants and young children) - 

 
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