The Colours in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2005

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply in relation to Wales, implement Commission Directive 2004/47/EC(1) amending Directive 95/45/EC(2). They do so by further amending the Colours in Food Regulations 1995(3). The Regulations —

(a) provide amended purity criteria for mixed carotenes E160 a (i) and beta carotene E160 a (ii) (regulation 2(2));

(b) insert a transitional defence provision for products put on the market or labelled before 1 April 2005 which otherwise comply with the Colours in Food Regulations 1995, allowing current stocks to be exhausted (regulation 2(3)).

A regulatory appraisal pursuant to section 65 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 has been prepared for these Regulations and placed in the Library of the National Assembly for Wales. Copies of this document may be obtained from the Food Standards Agency, 11th Floor, Southgate House, Wood Street, Cardiff CF10 1EW.

(1)

OJ No. L113, 20.4.2004, p.24.

(2)

Commission Directive 95/45/EC of 26 July 1995 laying down specific purity criteria concerning colours for use in foodstuffs (OJ No. L226, 22.9.1995, p.1).

(3)

S.I. 1995/3124, relevant amendments are S.I. 2000/1799 (W.124) and S.I. 2001/3909 (W.321).