Ministerial Joint Decree No. 2196/85 approving the Decision by the Supreme Council of Chemistry regarding amendments of article 69 and integrations of Chapter D, Part II of the Food Code.

With this Decree, article 69, paragraph 2 is amended by adding section (d) establishing chemical standards for ACESULFAME-K (sweetener for foodstuffs); paragraph 3 of the aforementioned article is replaced as follows: "composed sweeteners for foodstuffs may be placed on the market provided their chemical composition is clearly registered very close to the trade mark of such products.". In the Second Part of the Food Code, in Chapter D, the section (34) is added; this section prescribes the chemical analysis method to be followed in order to trace the existence of ACESULFAME-K in foodstuffs.