Contaminants in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Amendment of the principal Regulations

3.  In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)at the end of the definition of “the Commission Regulation” there shall be inserted “as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1525/98(1) and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 864/1999(2)”;

(b)after the definition of “the Commission Regulation” there shall be inserted—

“designated place” means any place at which there are the facilities to carry out the sampling required by Directive 98/53/EC;

“Directive 98/53/EC” means Commission Directive 98/53/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs(3);;

(c)after the definition of “the Order” there shall be inserted—

  • “ultimate consumer” has the same meaning as in the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(4);.

(1)

O.J. No. L201, 17.7.98, p. 43

(2)

O.J. No. L108, 27.4.99, p. 16

(3)

O.J. No. L201, 17.7.98, p. 93

(4)

S.R. 1996 No. 383; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations