Regulation 15

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), no person shall import or manufacture for sale or sell any article of food which contains any food additive which is not permitted by these Regulations.

Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any food may have in it or on it any permitted food additive of the description and in the proportion specified under these Regulations and whose purity conforms with the specification mentioned in paragraph (4) for the food additive.

Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any food containing as an added ingredient any specified food may contain any such permitted food additive of the description for and of an amount appropriate to the quantity of such specified food in accordance with these Regulations.

No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any permitted food additive unless the purity of that food additive conforms with the specifications as provided in this Part. Where it is not so provided, the purity of the permitted food additive shall conform with the specifications as recommended by the Joint Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and World Health Organisation (FAO/WHO) Expert Committee on food additives.