European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 369 of 2008).

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Additives, Colours and Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) Regulations 2000 so as to give effect to Commission Directive 2008/60/EC. The Regulations prescribe that the manufacturer of a product containing a sweetener shall comply with the purity criteria for the relevant sweetener as set out in Annex I to Directive 2008/60/EC and a person shall not place on the market any product which contains a sweetener which, he or she knows or in the circumstances ought to know, does not comply with purity criteria for the sweetener as set out in Annex I to Directive 2008/60/EC.