The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Amendment of the Animal Feed (Hygiene, Sampling etc. and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

5.—(1) The Animal Feed (Hygiene, Sampling etc. and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (Interpretation)—

(a)in paragraph (1) -

(i)omit the definition “Regulation 882/2004”;

(ii)after the definition “Regulation 767/2009” insert—

Regulation 2017/625” means Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of 15 March 2017 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC;

Regulation 2020/354” means Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/354 of 4 March 2020 establishing a list of intended uses of feed intended for particular nutritional purposes and repealing Directive 2008/38/EC(2);;

(b)in paragraph (2), for “Regulation 882/2004, Regulation 183/2005 or Regulation 152/2009” substitute “Regulation 183/2005, Regulation 152/2009, Regulation 2017/625 or Regulation 2020/354”;

(c)in paragraph (5), for “Regulation 183/2005 or Regulation 152/2009” substitute “Regulation 183/2005, Regulation 152/2009 or Regulation 2020/354”.

(3) In regulation 18 (Analysis other than in the course of official controls), for paragraph (2) substitute—

(2) In cases where there is no appropriate method of analysis in Regulation 152/2009, the analysis must be carried out in the manner referred to in Article 34 (1) and (2) of Regulation 2017/625 as read with Regulation 2019/1793..

(4) In Schedule 1 (Specified Feed Law), in the table—

(a)omit the entry “Regulation 882/2004, in so far as it relates to feed”;

(b)below the entry for “Regulation 767/2009” add the following two entries—

Regulation 2017/625 in so far as it relates to feed

Regulation 2020/354.

(2)

OJ No. L67, 5.3.2020, p.1