17. Anti-oxidants

In these Regulations, “anti-oxidant” means any substance which delays, retards or prevents the development in food of rancidity or other flavour deterioration due to oxidation.

Subject to paragraph (3), no person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any article of food containing any added anti-oxidant other than ascorbic acid, erythorbic acid, citric acid, phosphoric acid, lecithin and tocopherols.

Paragraph (2) shall not apply to —

any food which contains other anti-oxidants of a description and in the proportions specified in the Third Schedule; and

any mixed food containing one or more of the foods in which specific anti-oxidants are expressly provided as indicated in the Third Schedule and which contains an admixture of these anti-oxidants in not greater amount than is specifically allowed in the quantity of food or foods containing the anti-oxidants used in the preparation of the mixed food.

In these Regulations, “anti-oxidant” means any substance which delays, retards or prevents the development in food of rancidity or other flavour deterioration due to oxidation.

Subject to paragraph (3), no person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any article of food containing any added anti-oxidant other than ascorbic acid, erythorbic acid, citric acid, phosphoric acid, lecithin and tocopherols.

Paragraph (2) shall not apply to —

any food which contains other anti-oxidants of a description and in the proportions specified in the Third Schedule; and

any mixed food containing one or more of the foods in which specific anti-oxidants are expressly provided as indicated in the Third Schedule and which contains an admixture of these anti-oxidants in not greater amount than is specifically allowed in the quantity of food or foods containing the anti-oxidants used in the preparation of the mixed food.