S.L. 449.21 Art. 5Criteria of purity.

(1) No flavouring may contain any element or substance in a toxicologically dangerous quantity.

(2) Subject to any exceptions provided for in any specific criteria of purity prescribed under these regulations or otherwise by any other law, flavourings may not contain more than: - 3 mg/kg of arsenic, - 10 mg/kg of lead, - 1 mg/kg of cadmium, and - 1 mg/kg of mercury.

(3) The use of flavourings must not result in the presence in foodstuffs, as consumed, of undesirable substances listed in the First Schedule in quantities greater than those specified therein.

(4) The use of flavourings and of other food ingredients with flavouring properties must not result in the presence in foodstuffs, as consumed, of substances listed in the Second Schedule in quantities greater than those specified therein.