2004 No. 269
FOOD

The Food Labelling Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(4), 16(1)(e) and (f), 17(1), 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 19901 and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and having had regard in accordance with section 48(4A)2 of that Act to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency and after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) and (4B)3 of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent

1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Food Labelling Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 31st July 2004.

(2)

These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Amendment of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996

2.

The Food Labelling Regulations 19964 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.

3.

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “Directive 90/496” insert at the end “, as amended by Commission Directive 2003/120/EC5”.

4.

In Part I of Schedule 7 (presentation of prescribed nutrition labelling), at the end of paragraph 5 insert–

“;

(g)

1 gram of salatrims shall be deemed to contribute 25 kJ (6 kcal)”.

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

TOM McCABE

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1499) in relation to Scotland. Those Regulations extend to the whole of Great Britain. These Regulations implement in Scotland Commission Directive 2003/120/EC (O.J. No. L 333, 20.12.03, p.51) amending Directive 90/496/EEC on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs.

The Regulations specify a conversion factor for salatrims to be used in the calculation of the declared energy value of foods (regulation 4) and update the definition of “Directive 90/496” (regulation 3).

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced for these Regulations as they have no impact on business costs.