SUGAR FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION REGULATIONS

SUGAR FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 449.39

SUGAR FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

REGULATIONS

1st May, 2004

LEGAL NOTICE 214 of 2004.

1 The title of these regulations is the Sugar for Human

Consumption Regulations.

1.2 These regulations implement the provisions of Council

Directive 2001/111/EEC relating to certain sugars intended for

human consumption.

A.

PRODUCT NAMES AND DEFINITIONS

1. Semi-white sugar

Purified and crystallised sucrose of sound and fair marketable quality with the

following characteristics

(a) polarisation not less than 99,5 ºZ

(b) invert sugar content not more than 0,1% by weight

(c) loss on drying not more than 0,1% by weight.

2. Sugar or white sugar

Purified and crystallised sucrose of sound and fair marketable quality with the

following characteristics

(a) polarisation not less than 99,7 ºZ

(b) invert sugar content not more than 0,04% by weight

(c) loss on drying not more than 0,06% by weight

(d) type of colour not more than nine points determined in accordance with

point (a) of Part B.

3. Extra-white sugar

The product having the characteristics referred to in points 2(a), (b) and (c) and in

respect of which the total number of points determined according to the provisions

of Part B does not exceed eight, and not more than

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four for the colour type,

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six for the ash content,

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three for the colour in solution.

Sugar solution ( * )

1 Products falling within the scope of these regulations

which do not conform with these regulations but which conform

with the provisions of the Sugars for Human Consumption Order

(L.N. 77 of 1999), may be placed on the market until the 12th July,

2004.

2.2 Products falling within the scope of these regulations

which do not conform with these regulations but which conform

with the provisions of the Sugars for Human Consumption Order

(L.N. 77 of 1999), and which were labelled before the 12th July,

2004, may continue to be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

1. These regulations shall apply to the products defined in

Part A of the Schedule. However, these regulations shall not apply

to the products defined in Part A of the Schedule when they take

the following forms: icing sugars, candy sugars, sugars in loaf

form.

3.2 The Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs

Regulations shall apply to the products defined in Part A of the

Schedule subject to the following conditions and derogations

3.2.1 Without prejudice to regulation 3.2.5 the product names

listed in Part A of the Schedule shall apply only to the products

referred to therein and shall be used in trade to designate them. The

product name referred to in point 2 of Part A of the Schedule may

also be used to designate the product referred to in point 3 thereof.

However,

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the products defined in Part A of the Schedule may, in

addition to the compulsory product name, also bear

qualifying terms commonly used;

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the product names may also be used in product names

made up to designate other products, in accordance

with custom,

provided that such names are not liable to mislead the consumer.

3.2.2 For pre-packaged products weighing less than 20 g, the net

weight need not be indicated on the labelling.

3.2.3 The labelling shall indicate the dry matter and invert sugar

content of sugar solution, invert sugar solution and invert sugar

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syrup.

3.2.4 The labelling shall include the qualifying term

‘crystallised’ for invert sugar syrup incorporating crystals in the

solution.

3.2.5 Where the products referred to in points 7 and 8 of Part A

of the Schedule contain fructose in proportions greater than 5% on

a dry matter basis, they shall, in respect of their product name and

as ingredients, be labelled as ‘glucosefructose syrup’ or ‘fructose-

glucose syrup’ and ‘dried glucose- fructose syrup’ or ‘dr ied

fructose-glucose syrup’, respectively, to reflect whether the glucose

component or the fructose component is in greater proportion.

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The aqueous solution of sucrose with the following characteristics

(a) dry matter not less than 62% by weight

(b) invert sugar content (ratio of fructose to dextrose: 1,0 ± 0,2) not more

than 3% by weight of dry matter

(c) conductivity ash not more than 0,1% by weight of dry matter,

determined in accordance with point (b) of Part B

(d) colour in solution not more than 45 ICUMSA units.

Invert sugar solution (*)

The aqueous solution of sucrose partially inverted by hydrolysis, in which the

proportion of invert sugar does not predominate, with the following characteristics

(a) dry matter not less than 62% by weight

(b) invert sugar content ratio of fructose to dextrose (1,0 ± 0,1) more than

*The description ‘white’ is reserved for

(a) sugar solution where the colour in solution does not exceed 25 ICUMSA units determined in

accordance with the method specified in point (c) of Part B;

(b) invert sugar solution and invert sugar syrup of which

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the conductivity ash content does not exceed 0,1%,

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the colour in solution does not exceed 25 ICUMSA units determined in accordance with the

method specified in point (c) of Part B.

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3% but not more than 50% by weight of dry matter

(c) conductivity ash not more than 0,4% by weight of dry matter,

determined in accordance with point (b) of Part B.

Invert sugar syrup ( * )

The aqueous solution, which has possibly been crystallised, of sucrose that has

been partly inverted via hydrolysis, in which the invert sugar content (fructose/

dextrose quotient 1,0 ± 0,1), must exceed 50% by weight of dry matter, but which

must otherwise meet the requirements laid down in point 5(a) and (c).

Glucose syrup

The purified and concentrated aqueous solution of nutritive saccharides obtained

from starch and/or inulin, with the following characteristics

(a) dry matter not less than 70% by weight

(b) dextrose equivalent not less than 20% by weight of dry matter and

expressed as D-glucose

(c) sulphated ash not more than 1% by weight of dry matter.

Dried glucose syrup

Partially dried glucose syrup with at least 93% by weight of dry matter, but which

must otherwise meet the requirements laid down in point 7(b) and (c).

Dextrose or dextrose monohydrate

Purified and crystallised D-glucose containing one molecule of water of

crystallisation, with the following characteristics

(a) dextrose (D-glucose) not less than 99,5% by weight of dry matter

(b) dry matter not less than 90% by weight

(c) sulphated ash not more than 0,25% by weight of dry matter.

Dextrose or dextrose anhydrous

Purified and crystallised D-glucose not containing water of crystallisation, with at

least 98% by weight of dry matter, but which must otherwise meet the requirements

laid down in point 9(a) and (c).

Fructose

Purified crystallised D-fructose with the following characteristics

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fructose content 98% minimum

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glucose content 0,5% maximum

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loss on drying not more than 0,5% by weight

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conductivity ash not more than 0,1% by weight determined in

accordance with point (b) of Part B.

B.

METHOD OF DETERMINING THE COLOUR TYPE, CONDUCTIVITY

ASH CONTENT AND THE COLOUR IN SOLUTION OF SUGAR (WHITE) AND

OF EXTRA-WHITE SUGAR DEFINED IN POINTS 2 AND 3 OF PART A

*The description ‘white’ is reserved for

(a) sugar solution where the colour in solution does not exceed 25 ICUMSA units determined in

accordance with the method specified in point (c) of Part B;

(b) invert sugar solution and invert sugar syrup of which

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the conductivity ash content does not exceed 0,1%,

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the colour in solution does not exceed 25 ICUMSA units determined in accordance with the

method specified in point (c) of Part B.

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‘Point’ corresponds

(a) in the case of the colour type, to 0,5 units, calculated by the method of

the Brunswick Institute for Agricultural and Sugar Industry Technology,

as set out in Chapter A, paragraph 2, of the Annex to Commission

Regulation (EEC) No 1265/69 of 1 July 1969 establishing methods for

determining the quality of sugar bought in by intervention agencies ( * );

(b) in the case of ash content, to 0,0018% calculated by the method of the

International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis

(ICUMSA) as set out in Chapter A, paragraph 1, of the Annex to

Regulation (EEC) No 1265/69;

(c) in the case of the colour in solution, to 7,5 units calculated by the

ICUMSA method as set out in Chapter A, paragraph 3, of the Annex to

Regulation (EEC) No 1265/69.

*OJ L 163, 1.7.1969, p. 1.