Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations

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.)... 

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]. 

Polydextrose behaves as a dietary fibre and is approved as a fibre in the United States, Japan and Belgium. Its status as a dietary fibre in the rest of the European Union is currently a little unclear. It is permitted for food use in the United Kingdom under The Miscellaneous Additives Regulations and has the E-number E400. 

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). 

It has been suggested that food grade talc may be contaminated with asbestos because some deposits contain tremolite. Purity specifications for talc which call for absence of asbestos are cited in the Miscellaneous Additives in Food Regulations (1974), a microscopical test being specified. Methods for the estimation of asbestos in solid foods have not been developed and no analytical data have been published. 

Miscellaneous Additive in Food Regulations (1974). No 1121, HMSO, London. 

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