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Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Contaminants in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 8th August 2002.

Amendment of the Contaminants in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

2.  In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Contaminants in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002(1), for the definition of “the Commission Regulation” there shall be substituted the following definition –

“the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 466/2001 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs(2) as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 221/2002(3), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 257/2002(4), Commission Regulation (EC) No. 472/2002(5) as corrected by a corrigendum published on 23rd March 2002(6), and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 563/2002(7) as corrected by a corrigendum published on 14th June 2002(8);.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 5th August 2002.

L.S.

Denis McMahon

A Senior Officer of the

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety