Council Directive

of 21 December 1988

on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning food additives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption

(89/107/EEC) (repealed)

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F1Article 1

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F1Article 2

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F1Article 3

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F1Article 11

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F1Article 15

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F1ANNEX ICategories of food additives

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F1ANNEX IIGeneral criteria for the use of food additives

F11.Food additives can be approved only provided that:

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F12.The use of food additives may be considered only where there is evidence that the proposed use of the additive would have demonstrable advantages of benefit to the consumer, in other words it is necessary to establish the case for what is commonly referred to as ‘need’. The use of food additives should serve one or more of the purposes set out from points (a) to (d) and only where these purposes cannot be achieved by other means which are economically and technologically practicable and do not present a hazard to the health of the consumer:

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F16.Approval for food additives must:

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