FOOD ADDITIVES used by food businesses in the production of food e.g. food manufacturers, bakeries, caterers, home bakers

Product name:

Additives used:

Legislation Reference Legal Requirement Yes No Article 4 Check the additive is listed in Annex II Part B EU list of food additives Note: Be alert for banned or unauthorised food additives e.g. Red 2G (E128) and Brown FK (E154) Regulation (EC) No. 1333/2008 Check additives used comply with the additive specifications

Ref: Regulation (EU) No 231/2012

Decide the relevant food category/sub category

Ref: Annex II Part D and Commission Descriptors Document

You can access the food Check additive is permitted in this food category/sub additives database and food category additive legislation on Ref: Annex II Part E www.fsai.ie

Check the additive’s conditions of use and if there are any restrictions on its use Ref: Annex II Part E

If using the food additive nitrite, check that it is only received into the premises in a mixture with salt or a salt substitute

If additives including carriers are used in food additives, food enzymes, food flavourings or nutrients - consult Annex III of Regulation (EC) 1333/2008 for conditions of use

Article 18 If additives are used but not listed on the final product Carry-over Principle label, need to consider Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No

Regulation (EC) No. 1333/2008.

1333/2008 & Note: all allergens require labelling even when present due to the carry–over principle Article 20 Omission of constituents of The carry-over principle is not allowed for foodstuffs food from the list of listed in Annex II Part A Table 1 ingredients

Regulation (EU) No. Presence of a colour is not permitted by virtue of the 1169/2011 carry-over principle to foodstuffs listed in Annex II Part

A Table 2

Legislation Reference Legal Requirement Yes No Article 18 Check additive is labelled correctly on the final product List of Ingredients label.

Regulation (EU) No. i.e. 1169/2011  Category (functional class as defined in Annex I of 1333/2008) followed by specific name or E number e.g. Sweetener (Aspartame) OR Sweetener (E951)

In the case of Modified Starch, the specific name or E number shall not be required to be indicated

 If the additive contains an allergen then Category (functional class as defined in Annex I of 1333/2008) followed by specific name e.g. Preservative (Sodium metabisulphite) Other allergens in additives to bear in mind include soya lecithin and modified wheat starch

Art 10 Check MAP packs have ‘‘packaged in a protective Additional mandatory atmosphere’ on their label particulars for specific types or categories of foods Check foods containing sweeteners have ‘with

Regulation (EU) No. sweetener(s)’ accompanying the name of the food on 1169/2011 their label.

Ref: Annex III Foods for which the Check food containing both added sugar and sweeteners labelling must include one have ‘with sugar(s) and sweetener(s)’ accompanying the or more additional name of the food on their label. particulars

Check foods containing aspartame/ aspartame-acesulfame salt have the following on their label:  ‘contains aspartame (a source of phenylalanine)’ in cases where aspartame/ aspartame-acesulfame salt is designated in the list of ingredients only by reference to the E number.  ‘contains a source of phenylalanine’ in cases where aspartame/aspartame-acesulfame salt is designated in the list of ingredients by its specific name.

Check foods containing more than 10 % added polyols have ‘excessive consumption may produce laxative effects’ on their label.

Legislation Reference Legal Requirement Yes No Article 241 Check ‘name or E number of the colour(s)’: may have an Labelling requirement for adverse effect on activity and attention in children is on foods containing certain the label of food containing the following colours: food colours Sunset yellow (E 110)

Regulation (EC) No. Quinoline yellow (E 104) 1333/2008 Carmoisine (E 122) Allura red (E 129) Tartrazine (E 102) Ponceau 4R (E 124)

Article 8 Check labelling is displayed correctly as follow: Responsibilities  For retail packs - all the labelling requirements have

Regulation (EU) No. to be on the label (Articles 12&13) 1169/2011  For non-retail packs for wholesale or mass caterers, the labelling information can be on the commercial documents referring to the foods where it can be guaranteed that such documents either accompany the food to which they refer or were sent before or at the same time as delivery. However in addition the following must be on the external packaging:

o name of the food o best-before/use-by date o any special storage conditions and/or conditions of use o name and address of business

 For business to business trade (i.e. food not intended for the final consumer or to mass caterers), sufficient information must be provided to enable the business that is receiving the food to label the final product correctly (Article 8)

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1 This requirement does not apply to: (a) foods where the colour has been used for health or other marking on meat products or for stamping or decorative colouring on egg shells, and (b) beverages containing >1.2% by volume of alcohol