The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

The Contaminants in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

26.—(1) The Contaminants in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).

(2) In regulation 2 (Interpretation)-

(a) in paragraph (1) omit the definitions of “Directive 76/621”, “Directive 80/891”, “Regulation 629/2008” and “Regulation 165/2010”;

(b) in paragraph (2)—

(i) omit “Directive 76/621, Directive 80/891,”;

(ii) omit “the Directive or”;

(c) in paragraph (4) omit “Directive 76/621, Directive 80/891,”.

(3) Omit regulations 3 (Scope) and 4 (Controls on erucic acid).

(4) In regulation 5 (Controls on contaminants in food)

(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the EU provisions specified in paragraph (2) is guilty of an offence.”

(b) after paragraph (2) insert—

“(3) The level of erucic acid in a food must be determined according to sampling methods, and methods of analysis that meet the performance criteria, set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/705 laying down methods of sampling and performance criteria for the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of erucic acid in foodstuffs and repealing Commission Directive 80/891/EEC(2).”.

(5) In regulation 6 (Penalties), omit “regulation 4(3) or”.

(6) In regulation 8 (Application of various Articles of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(c)(i), omit “4(3) or”;

(b) in paragraph (2), in the application and modification of Article 8(1) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, omit “4(1) or”.

(1)

S.R. 2013 No. 229

(2)

OJ No. L 113, 1.5.2015, p 29