Miscellaneous Food Additives

Bread and flour are specifically regulated in the UK, at the time of writing, by the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998, The Food Labelling (Amendment) regulations 1998, and the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999. 

Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999 lays down the levels of propionates that can be added to bread. It also notes that propionates can form naturally in the fermentation of bread. 

Miscellaneous Food Additives Directive 95/2/EC (e.g. preservatives, antioxidants, emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners, flavour enhancers, acidity regulators, etc.)... 

Commission Working Document SANCO/1796/2000 amending purity criteria Directives for colours, miscellaneous food additives and sweeteners (i.e. evaluation of additives and flavourings from GM sources)... 

Commission Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria for miscellaneous food additives... 

Glycerol, since 1959, is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) as a miscellaneous or general-purpose food additive (qv) under the CFR (20), and it is permitted in certain food packaging (qv) materials. 

As required by Directive 89/107/EEC, criteria of purity have been drawn up for all the listed food additives (with a couple of exceptions). Purity criteria for all the permitted sweeteners have been prescribed in Directive 95/31/EC,6 as amended, and criteria for all the permitted colours are contained in Directive 95/ 45/EC,7 as amended. Directives that prescribe purity criteria for all the additives authorised under Directive 95/2/EC have been drawn up in stages. Directive 96/ 77/EC8 containing purity criteria for antioxidants and preservatives is amended by Directives 98/86/EC which lays down purity criteria for emulsifiers, stabilisers and thickeners and 2000/63/EC which contains purity criteria for most additives numbered E 500 and above, and for certain other additives not covered in the earlier directives. Purity criteria for most of the few remaining permitted miscellaneous additives are contained in Directive 2001/30/EC however, purity criteria for E 1201 polyvinylpyrrolidone and E 1202 polyvinylpolypyrrolidone are still being considered by the Scientific Committee on Food. Some methods of analysis for verifying prescribed purity criteria have been developed at EU level these are contained in Directive 81/712/EEC.9... 

Hayashi M, Kishi M, Sofimi T, et al. 1988. Micronucleus tests in mice on 39 food additives and eight miscellaneous chemicals. Food Chem Toxicol 26(6) 487-500. 

The EU Regulation on food additives necessary for storage and use of flavourings, including respective conditions for their use, has been established. Following several years of intensive discussion and several drafts. Directive 2003/114/EC amending Miscellaneous Directive 95/2/EC was been published on 22 December 2003 [5, 6]. 

Miscellaneous bromine uses are in catalysts, fluxes, precious metal recovery, hair care products, food additives, flotation agents in ore treatment, solvents, refrigerants, quartz-halide light bulbs, some lasers, some photovoltaic batteries, and some electrically conductive polymers. 

The text of the common position on Miscellaneous Additives formally adopted by the Council of the European Union on 10 March 1994 refers to the proposed directive on food additives other than colours and sweeteners. 

Products and Uses Various applications include brick mortar, plasters, cements, depilatory (hair remover), disinfectants, water softener, and purifier of sugar juices. Also useful as food additive buffer, firming agent, neutralizing agent, and miscellaneous general purpose food chemicals. Also an important agricultural commodity. 

Miscellaneous drugs, acridine, heterocyclics, preservatives, and food additives ... 

MA also finds use as a starting material for malic acid 10 from which it was originally made. Malic acid is used as an acidulant and flavoring agent where it is generally regarded as safe as a miscellaneous or general purpose food additive.(See Chapter 3.)... 

Food Additives Contaminants Committee. FACC Report Further Classes of Food Additives , HMSO, 1968 Statutory Instrument No. 1121, 1974 ( Miscellaneous Additives in Foods , Regulations, 1974) Statutory Instruments Nos. 1485 (1975) and 541 (1976). 

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