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A
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Bill
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To
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Require
the labelling of food colourings and additives which could have an
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adverse effect on the behaviour of some
children and young people.
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and
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consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present
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Parliament assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:—
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1 Labelling
of foods containing additives which can cause hyperactivity in
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children
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After section 34 of the Food Labelling Regulations
1996 (S.I. 1499) there is
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inserted—
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“34A Foods
containing additives
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(1) Foods
which contain additives which cause hyperactivity in some
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children
shall be marked or labelled with the indication “contains
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additives
which might have an adverse effect on the behaviour of
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children”.
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(2) The
Food Standards Agency shall publish a list of those additives the
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use
of which shall require the addition of a mark or label pursuant to
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subsection
(1) above.”
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2 Short
title, commencement and extent
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(1) This
Act may be cited as the Food Additives Labelling Act 2003.
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(2) This
Act shall come into force three months after it receives Royal Assent.
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(3) This
Act extends to England and Wales only.
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