CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Definitions
Article 2
The following definitions shall apply for the purposes of this Regulation:
1. the definitions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;
2. the definitions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 852/2004;
3. the definitions laid down in Annex I;
and
4. any technical definitions contained in Annexes II and III.
5. “
appropriate authority
” means—
  1. in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
  2. in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
  3. in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
6. “
prescribe
” means prescribe by regulations.
Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (Official Journal of the European Union L 139 of 30 April 2004).
Art. 2(5)(6) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Specific Food Hygiene (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/640), regs. 1, 5 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 9(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)