Exceptions
The following are excepted from the reserved matters:
(a)
food (which includes drink) and, in relation to food safety, materials which come into contact with food (e.g. packaging);
(b)
agricultural and horticultural produce;
(c)
fish and fish products; and
(d)
seeds, animal feeding stuffs, fertilisers and pesticides (including anything treated as if it were a pesticide by virtue of section 16(16) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985)(1) .
These exceptions are necessary for the devolution of agriculture, fisheries and food.
1
The words in brackets were added by Article 4 of SI 2000/3252.
