processing aid

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20/03/2017 – 19/03/2020 Article 3, Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 (Additives) Scope: Whole act

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall also apply:

‘processing aid’ shall mean any substance which: is not consumed as a food by itself; is intentionally used in the processing of raw materials, foods or their ingredients, to fulfil a certain technological purpose during treatment or processing; and may result in the unintentional but technically unavoidable presence in the final product of residues of the substance or its derivatives provided they do not present any health risk and do not have any technological effect on the final product;

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