The Contaminants in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations —

“authorised lettuce” means lettuce of the kind specified in point 1.3 of section 1 of the Annex to the Commission Regulation which complies with the conditions of the derogation under Article 7(2) in relation to the United Kingdom;

“authorised officer” means any person, whether or not an officer of a district council, who is authorised by it in writing to act in matters arising under these Regulations;

“authorised spinach” means spinach of the kind specified in point 1.1 of section 1 of the Annex to the Commission Regulation which complies with the conditions of the derogation under Article 7(1) in relation to the United Kingdom;

“the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No.1881/2006(1) setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs;

“the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

(2) Any other expression used in these Regulations and in the Commission Regulation has the same meaning in these Regulations as it bears in the Commission Regulation.

(3) Any reference to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered in the Commission Regulation.

(1)

OJ No. L364, 20.12.2006, p.5