Transitional provisions11
Regulation 3(a)(ii) and (b)(ii) shall not apply in relation to any contravention of Article 2.3 of the Commission Regulation, to the extent that the contravention consists in the use as a food ingredient, for the production of a compound foodstuff, of –
a
food lawfully placed on the market in an EEA State before 5th April 2002 and containing a contaminant specified in Section 3 or 4 of Annex I to that Regulation at a level higher than that specified in relation to that food in the second column of the section concerned; or
b
food lawfully placed on the market in an EEA State before 1st November 2003 and containing patulin at a level higher than that specified in relation to that food in the second column of Section 2.3 of Annex I to that Regulation.