22Article 3(2)(a)(i) and (ii) of Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91, Regulations (EC) No 2232/96 and (EC) No 110/2008 and Directive 2000/13/EC (OJ 2008 L 354, p. 34) states:‘For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall also apply:(a) “flavourings” shall mean products:(i) not intended to be consumed as such, which are added to food in order to impart or modify odour and/or taste;(ii) made or consisting of the following categories: flavouring substances, flavouring preparations, thermal process flavourings, smoke flavourings, flavour precursors or other flavourings or mixtures thereof’.
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