The Food Additives and Novel Foods (Authorisations and Miscellaneous Amendments) and Food Flavourings (Removal of Authorisations) (Scotland) Regulations 2024

Transitional provision

7.—(1) The flavouring substances referred to in regulation 6(2) and foods containing them may, until their date of minimum durability of a food or ‘use by’ date, be placed on the market and, as the case may be, added to other foods, if—

(a) present in the United Kingdom and were, or could have been, lawfully placed on the market in Great Britain before the end of 27 June 2024, or

(b) in transit to Great Britain before the end of 27 June 2024, and could have lawfully been imported, or moved into Great Britain, and placed on the market as at the date of dispatch.

(2) Foods containing one or more flavouring substances to which paragraph (1) applies may, until their date of minimum durability of a food or ‘use by’ date, be placed on the market and, as the case may be, added to other foods.

(3) In this regulation—

“date of minimum durability of a food” has the same meaning as provided in Regulation (EU) No1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2022/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004(1) (see Articles 2(2)(r) and 24),

“‘use by’ date” has the same meaning as in Article 24 of Regulation (EU)1169/2011.

(1)

EUR 2011/1169, as relevantly amended by S.I. 2019/778.