Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1988
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1988 No. 2112
FOODCOMPOSITION AND LABELLING
The Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1988
Made 2nd December 1988
Laid before Parliament 9th December 1988
Coming into force 31th December 1988
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4, 7 and 118 of the Food Act 19841and now vested in them2and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations after consultation in accordance with section 118(6) of the said Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests substantially affected by the Regulations:—
Title and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 31st December 1988.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations the expression“the principal Regulations” means the Sweeteners in Food Regulations 19833.
Amendment of the principal Regulations
3. Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations shall be amended as follows:—
(a) in Part I (permitted sweeteners) after the item relating to“Isomalt” there shall be inserted—
In column 1 |
In column 2 |
(Name of Sweetener) |
(Serial Number) |
“Lactitol…| |
” ; |
(b) in Part II (specific purity criteria for permitted sweeteners) after the item relating to“Isomalt” there shall be inserted—
“Lactitol | |
Synonyms… |
Lactit, Lactositol, Lactobiosit. |
Chemical name… |
4-0-(β:-D-galactopyranosyl)-D-glucitol. |
Empirical formula… |
C12H24O11. |
Molecular weight… |
344.32. |
Specific rotation, [α] 20°C D |
+ 13° to + 15° (using a 10% weight to volume aqueous solution). |
Water… |
Lactitol monohydrate not more than 5.5% (Karl Fischer). Lactitol dihydrate not more than 10.5% (Karl Fischer). |
Description… |
Colourless, aqueous syrup with a sweet taste. When dried, the resulting products, lactitol monohydrate and lactitol dihydrate, are white, odourless and crystalline. |
Content… |
Not less than 97.5% 4-0-(β-D- galactopyranosyl)-D-glucitol on a dry weight basis. |
Other polyols… |
Not more than 2.5% on a dry weight basis. |
Reducing sugars… |
Not more than 0.2% on a dry weight basis, expressed as lactose. |
Chlorides… |
Not more than 100 mg/kg on a dry weight basis, expressed as Cl. |
Sulphate… |
Not more than 100 mg/kg on a dry weight basis, expressed as SO4. |
Arsenic… |
Not more than 1 mg/kg on a dry weight basis, expressed as As. |
Nickel… |
Not more than 1 mg/kg on a dry weight basis, expressed as Ni. |
Lead… |
Not more than 1 mg/kg on a dry weight basis, expressed as Pb. |
Ash… |
Not more than 0.1% after ignition at 800 ± 25°C calculated on a dry weight basis.”. |
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