(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations implement Council Directive 2001/110/EC concerning honey (O.J. No. L10, 12.1.2002, p. 48). They revoke and replace the Honey Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976, as amended.
The Regulations –
(a)prescribe definitions and reserved descriptions for certain specified honey products (regulation 2 and Schedules 1 and 2);
(b)restrict the use of reserved descriptions to the specified honey products to which they relate (regulation 3);
(c)prescribe labelling requirements for such products (regulations 4, 5 and 6);
(d)specify a penalty, the enforcement authority, and, in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of Council Directive 89/397/EEC on the official control of foodstuffs (O.J. No. L186, 30.6.89, p. 23), a defence in relation to exports (regulations 7 and 8);
(e)apply various provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (regulation 9);
(f)revoke the previous Regulations and make consequential amendments and transitional provisions (regulations 10 and 11).