The Sweeteners in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2003
These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, further amend the Sweeteners in Food Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/3123, as already amended) (“the 1995 Regulations”) by–granting authorisation for the marketing and use as a sweetener of salt of aspartame acesulfame, as permitted by Article 5 of Directive 89/107/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning food additives authorised for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (O.J. No. L 40, 11.2.89, p.27). Article 5 permits member States to authorise the marketing and use within their own territories of additives for a maximum of 2 years, pending consideration for inclusion in Directive 94/35/EC on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs (O.J. No. L 237, 10.9.94, p.3, as amended) (regulations 3(a) and 5);clarifying the meaning of “maximum usable dose” as used in relation to cyclamic acid and its Na and Ca salt and saccharin and its Na, K and Ca salts (regulation 3(b)); andmaking consequential changes in regulations 3(3) and regulation 5 and 5A of the 1995 Regulations (regulations 4, 6 and 7).