Food additives other than colours and sweeteners

The Commission's amended proposal took up the following amendments by Parliament: - inclusion of the term 'quantum satis' in the statutory part in order to make the Directive clearer; - exclusion of substances not considered to be additives from the scope of application arising from the definition of the food additives covered by the framework Directive 89/107/EEC; - in order to prevent the destruction of foodstuffs not complying with the Directive, inclusion of an amendment under which foodstuffs not complying with the Directive could continue to be sold until stocks were exhausted; - amendment of the titles and text of the annexes as a result of the clearer drafting of the Directive; - additions to the list of foodstuffs in which it is prohibited to use additives; - need to monitor the intake of additives to allow for the periodic adaptation of the Directive; - adaptation of the minimum levels of use and addition of some additives satisfying a technological purpose; - addition of foodstuffs in which the use of the additive E385 is authorised in keeping with a technological purpose; - amendment of the definition of foodstuffs in which nitrates are used; - addition of a new food additive recently evaluated by the Scientific Committee on Food and satisfying a technological purpose.�