Sweeteners for Use in Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulations,

L.N. 442 of 2010

FOOD SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 449)

Sweeteners for Use in Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulations,

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 10 of the Food

Safety Act, the Minister for Health, the Elderly and Community

Care has made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Sweeteners

for Use in Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 and they

shall be read and construed as one with the Sweeteners for Use

in Foodstuffs Regulations, 2005, hereinafter referred to as “the

principal regulations”.

(2) These regulations shall enter into force on the 12th

October, 2010.

(3) Products which comply with the provisions of

these regulations may be marketed from the date of entry into force

of these regulations.

These regulations implement the provisions of

Commission Directive 2009/163/EU amending Directive 94/35/EC

of the European Parliament and of the Council, on sweeteners for

use in foodstuffs with regards to neotame.

I n t h e S c h e d u l e t o t h e p r i n c i p a l r e g u l a t i o n s

immediately after item E 959, there shall be added the following

entry for E 961:-

B

EC No

Name

Foodstuffs

Maximum usable

dose

Non-alcoholic drinks

“E 961

Neotame

Water-based flavoured

20 mg/l

drinks, energy-reduced or

with no added sugar

Milk- and milk-derivative-

20 mg/l

based or fruit-juice-based

drinks, energy-reduced or

with no added sugar

Desserts and similar

products

Water-based flavoured

32 mg/kg

desserts, energy-reduced or

with no added sugar

Milk- and milk derivative-

32 mg/kg

based preparations, energy-

reduced or with no added

sugar

Fruit- and vegetable-based

32 mg/kg

desserts, energy-reduced or

with no added sugar

Egg-based desserts, energy-

32 mg/kg

reduced or with no added

sugar

Cereal-based desserts,

32 mg/kg

energy-reduced or with no

added sugar

Fat-based desserts, energy-

32 mg/kg

reduced or with no added

sugar

Snacks: certain flavours of

18 mg/kg

ready-to-eat, pre-packed,

dry, savoury starch

products and coated nuts

Confectionery

Confectionery with no

32 mg/kg

added sugar

Cocoa or dried fruit-based

65 mg/kg

confectionery, energy-

reduced or with no added

sugar

Starch-based confectionery,

65 mg/kg

B

energy-reduced or with no

added sugar

Cornets and wafers, for ice

60 mg/kg

cream, with no added sugar

Essoblaten

60 mg/kg

Cocoa-, milk-, dried-fruit-

32 mg/kg

or fat-based sandwich

spreads, energy-reduced or

with no added sugar

Breakfast cereals with a

32 mg/kg

fibre content of more than

15 %, and containing at

least 20 % bran, energy-

reduced or with no added

sugar

Breath-freshening micro-

200 mg/kg

sweets, with no added sugar

Strongly flavoured throat

65 mg/kg

pastilles with no added

sugar

Chewing gum with no

250 mg/kg

added sugar

Energy-reduced tablet form

15 mg/kg

confectionery

Cider and perry

20 mg/l

Drinks consisting of a

20 mg/l

mixture of a non-alcoholic

drink and beer, cider, perry,

spirits or wine

Spirit drinks containing less

20 mg/l

than 15 % alcohol by

volume

Alcohol-free beer or with

20 mg/l

an alcohol content not

exceeding 1,2 % vol.

Bière de

20 mg/l

table/Tafelbier/Table beer

(original wort content less

than 6 %) except for

“Obergäriges Einfachbier”

Beers with a minimum

20 mg/l

acidity of 30 milli-

equivalents expressed as

NaOH

Brown beers of the “oud

20 mg/l

bruin” type

B

Energy-reduced beer

1 mg/l

Edible ices, energy-reduced

26 mg/kg

or with no added sugar

Canned or bottled fruit,

32 mg/kg

energy-reduced or with no

added sugar

Energy-reduced jams,

32 mg/kg

jellies and marmalades

Energy-reduced fruit and

32 mg/kg

vegetable preparations

Sweet-sour preserves of

10 mg/kg

fruit and vegetables

Feinkostsalat

12 mg/kg

Sweet-sour preserves and

10 mg/kg

semi-preserves of fish and

marinades of fish,

crustaceans and molluscs

Energy-reduced soups

5 mg/l

Sauces

12 mg/kg

Mustard

12 mg/kg

Fine bakery products for

55 mg/kg

special nutritional uses

Foods intended for use in

26 mg/kg

energy-restricted diets for

weight reduction as referred

to in Directive 1996/8/EC

Dietary foods for special

32 mg/kg

medical purposes as defined

in Directive 1999/21/EC

Food supplements as

20 mg/kg

defined in Directive

2002/46/EC supplied in a

liquid form

Food supplements as

60 mg/kg

defined in Directive

2002/46/EC supplied in a

solid form

Food supplements as

185 mg/kg

defined in Directive

2002/46/EC based on

vitamins and/or mineral

elements and supplied in a

syrup-type or chewable

form

quantum satis.”.

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