(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations implement Commission Decision 2002/247/EC suspending the placing on the market and import of jelly confectionery containing the food additive E425: Konjac (O.J. No. L84, 28.3.2002, p. 69).

The Regulations—

(a)

prohibit, first, the carrying out of commercial operations with regard to jelly confectionery which contains the food additive E425: Konjac and which is intended for human consumption and, second, the use of that additive in the manufacture of jelly confectionery which is intended for human consumption (regulations 2 and 3);

(b)

specify the enforcement authority and make consequential provisions relating to the execution and enforcement of the Regulations by that authority (regulation 4); and

(c)

apply, with modifications, provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (regulation 5).