Miscellaneous Additives in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1982
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1982/14 |
| Year | 1982 |
1982 No. 14
FOOD
COMPOSITION AND LABELLING
The Miscellaneous Additives in Food (Amendment) Regulations 19828thJanuary 1982
18thJanuary 1982
8thFebruary 1982
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Social Services and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4, 7 and 123 of the Food and Drugs Act 1955(a), and now vested in them (b), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following regulations, after consultation in accordance with section 123(6) of the said Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests substantially affected by the regulations and after reference in accordance with section 82 of the said Act to the Food Hygiene Advisory Council (in so far as the regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 7):—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Miscellaneous Additives in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1982 and shall come into operation on 8th February 1982.
(2) Any reference in these regulations to a numbered regulation or schedule shall be construed as a reference to the regulation or schedule so numbered in the Miscellaneous Additives in Food Regulations 1980(c).
Amendment of the Miscellaneous Additives in Food Regulations 1980
2. The Miscellaneous Additives in Food Regulations 1980 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these regulations.
Amendment of regulation 2(1)
3.—(1) In regulation 2(1) the amendments specified in the following paragraphs of this regulation shall be made.
(a) 1955 c.16 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2); section 4 was amended by section 4(1) of, and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 4 to, the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68).
(b) S.I. 1968/1699, 1978/272.
(c) S.I. 1980/1834, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these regulations.
(2) After the definition of "buffer" there shall be inserted the following definition:—
'"bulking aid" means any substance, other than air, water or chewing gum base, which is capable, and generally used for the purpose, of—
(a) contributing to the bulk of food without contributing significantly to its available energy value, or
(b) producing bulk upon ingestion;'.
(3) After the definition of "container" there shall be inserted the following definition:—
'"dietetic food" means any food which—
(a) has been specially made for a class of persons whose digestive process or metabolism is disturbed or who, by reason of their special physiological condition, obtain special benefit from a controlled consumption of certain substances, and
(b) is suitable for fulfilling the particular nutritional requirements of that class of persons;'.
(4) After the definition of "firming agent" there shall be inserted the following definition:—
'"flavour modifier" means any substance which is capable of enhancing, reducing or otherwise modifying the taste or odour, or both, of a food, but does not include enzymes or water or any substance primarily used to impart taste or odour, or both, to a food;'.
(5) After the definition of "Food Chemicals Codex 1972" there shall be inserted the following definition:—
'"Food Chemicals Codex 1981" means the edition of the Food Chemicals Codex published in 1981 by the National Academy Press, Washington DC, United States of America;'.
(6) In the definition of "miscellaneous additive" after the word "buffer," there...
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