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Council Directive 89/107/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning food additives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption · European Union

Approval for food additives must: specify the foodstuffs to which these additives may be added and the conditions under which they may be added; be limited to the lowest level of use necessary to achieve the desired effect; take into account any acceptable daily intake, or equivalent assessment, established for the food additive and the probable daily intake of it from all sources. Where the food additive is to be used in foods eaten by special groups of consumers, accound should be taken of the possible daily intake of the food additive by consumers in those groups.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.