Statutory Instruments 2003 Ser.

Enabling power: Food Safety Act 1990, ss. 16 (1) (a) (e), 17 (1), 26 (1) (3), 48 (1), sch. 1, para. 1. Issued: 06.05.2003. Made: 29.04.2003. Laid: 06.05.2003. Coming into force: 27.05.2003. Effect: S.I. 1981/1063; 1984/1566; 1992/1978; 1995/3123, 3187; 1996/1499; 2002/379 amended in relation to England. Territorial extent & classification: E. General. EC note: These Regs bring up to date, in relation to England, granting authorisation for the marketing and use as a sweetener of salt of aspartame-acesulfame, as permitted by art. 5 of Directive 89/107/EEC. Art. 5 permits member states to authorise sweeteners for the marketing and use within their own territories pending consideration for inclusion in directive 94/35/EC on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs. Clarifying the meaning of "maximum usable dose" as used in relation to cyclamic acid and its Na and Ca salts and saccharin and its Na, K and Ca salts