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▼(b)foodsforinfantsandyoungchildrenasreferredtoinDirective89/
398/EEC,includingfoodsforinfantsandyoungchildrennotingoodhealth;thesefoodstuffsaresubjecttotheprovisionsofAnnexVI;(c)thefoodstuffslistedinAnnexII,whichmaycontainonlythose
additivesreferredtointhatAnnexandthoseadditivesreferredtoinAnnexesIIIandIVundertheconditionsspecifiedtherein.4.AdditiveslistedinAnnexesIIIandIVmayonlybeusedinthefoodstuffsreferredtointhoseAnnexesandundertheconditionsspeci-fiedtherein.
5.OnlythoseadditiveslistedinAnnexVmaybeusedascarriersorcarriersolventsforfoodadditivesandmustbeusedunderthecondi-tionsspecifiedtherein.
6.TheprovisionsofthisDirectiveshallalsoapplytothecorre-spondingfoodstuffsintendedforparticularnutritionalusesinaccordancewithDirective89/398/EEC.
7.MaximumlevelsindicatedintheAnnexesrefertofoodstuffsasmarketed,unlessotherwisestated.
8.IntheAnnexestothisDirective,‘quantumsatis’meansthatnomaximumlevelisspecified.However,additivesshallbeusedinaccor-dancewithgoodmanufacturingpractice,atalevelnothigherthanisnecessarytoachievetheintendedpurposeandprovidedthattheydonotmisleadtheconsumer.
Article3
▼1.
Thepresenceofafoodadditiveispermissible:
(a)inacompoundfoodstuffotherthanonementionedinArticle2(3),
totheextenttowhichthefoodadditiveispermittedinoneoftheingredientsofthecompoundfoodstuff;(b)inafoodstuffwhereaflavouringhasbeenadded,totheextentto
whichthefoodadditiveispermittedintheflavouringincompli-ancewiththisDirectiveandhasbeencarriedovertothefoodstuffviatheflavouring,providedthefoodadditivehasnotechnologicalfunctioninthefinalfoodstuff;or(c)ifthefoodstuffisdestinedtobeusedsolelyinthepreparationofa
compoundfoodstuffandtoanextentsuchthatthecompoundfood-stuffconformstotheprovisionsofthisDirective.
▼2.Paragraph1doesnotapplytoinfantformulae,follow-onformulaeandweaningfoods,asreferredtoinDirective89/398/EEC,exceptwherespeciallyprovidedfor.
▼3.Thelevelofadditivesinflavouringsshallbelimitedtotheminimumnecessarytoguaranteethesafetyandqualityofflavouringsandtofacilitatetheirstorage.Furthermore,thepresenceofadditivesinflavouringsmustnotmisleadconsumersorpresentahazardtotheirhealth.Ifthepresenceofanadditiveinafoodstuff,asaconsequenceofaddingflavourings,hasatechnologicalfunctioninthefoodstuff,itshallbeconsideredasanadditiveofthefoodstuffandnotasanaddi-tiveoftheflavouring.
▼Article4
ThisDirectiveshallapplywithoutprejudicetospecificDirectivespermittingadditiveslistedintheAnnexestobeusedassweetenersorcolours.