Sweeteners in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. No. 61 of 2002).

The Regulations: (a) bring up to date the definition of "Directive 95/31/EC" (which relates to specific purity criteria) so as to cover its amendment by Directive 2001/52/EC to substitute new purity criteria for two permitted sweeteners, mannitol (E421) and acesulfame K (E950) (reg. 3(a)); and (b) grant provisional authorization for the marketing and use as a sweetener of sucralose, as permitted by Article 5 of Directive 89/107/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member States concerning food additives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (regs. 3(b) and 4). This authorization will last for a maximum of two years, in which time EC-wide approval for sucralose must be sought.