The Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/982
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 22nd April 1999.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Sweeteners in Food Regulations 1995 .

Section 2 Amendment of the principal Regulations

The principal Regulations shall be amended by the addition, at the end of the definition of “Directive 95/31/ EC ” in regulation 2(1), of the words “as amended by Directive 98/66/EC ”.

Section 3 Consequential provision

(1) References to the principal Regulations in the provisions listed in paragraph (2) below shall be taken to be references to the principal Regulations as amended up to and including the amendment effected by these Regulations.

(2) The provisions to which paragraph (1) above refers are–

(a) the definition of “permitted sweetener” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of each of–

(i) the Jam and Similar Products Regulations 1981 , and

(ii) the Jam and Similar Products (Scotland) Regulations 1981 ;

(b) the definition of “additive” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of each of–

(i) the Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products Regulations 1984 , and

(ii) the Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products (Scotland) Regulations 1984 ;

(c) the definition of “sweetener” in Part II of Schedule 1 (categories of food additives) to the Food Additives Labelling Regulations 1992 ;

(d) the definition of “sweetener” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995 ; and

(e) in the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 –

(i) paragraph (1) of regulation 34 (foods containing sweeteners, added sugar and sweeteners, aspartame or polyols); and

(ii) in Schedule 8 (misleading descriptions) Part 1 (general), the condition in column 2 opposite the description “ice cream” in column 1.