The Processed Cereal-based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children (Scotland) Regulations 2004
1
Citation, commencement and extent
2
Interpretation
3
Exemption
4
Restrictions on the sale of processed CEREAL-BASED foods and baby foods
5
General requirements as to manufacture and composition
6
Added nutritional substances and nutrients
7
Pesticide residues
8
Labelling
9
Enforcement
10
Offence and penalty
11
Defence in relation to exports
12
Application of various provisions of the Act
13
Amendment of the Tryptophan in Food (Scotland) Regulations 1990
14
Revocations
SCHEDULE 1
PROCESSED CEREAL-BASED FOODS
PART I
Categories of processed CEREAL-BASED foods
1
Simple cereals which are or have to be reconstituted with...
2
Cereals with an added high protein food which are or...
3
Pastas which are to be used after cooking in boiling...
4
Rusks and biscuits which are to be used either directly...
PART II
Essential composition of processed CEREAL-BASED foods
The requirements concerning nutrients refer to the products ready for...
1
Cereal content Processed cereal-based foods are prepared primarily from one...
2
Protein
2.1
For products mentioned in paragraphs 2 and 4 of Part...
2.2
For products mentioned in paragraph 2 of Part I, the...
2.3
For biscuits mentioned in paragraph 4 of Part I made...
2.4
The chemical index of the added protein shall be equal...
3
Carbohydrates
3.1
If sucrose, fructose, glucose, glucose syrups or honey are added...
3.2
If sucrose, fructose, glucose syrups or honey are added to...
4
Fat
4.1
For products mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 4 of Part...
4.2
For products mentioned in paragraph 2 of Part I, the...
5
Minerals
5.1
Sodium – sodium salts may only be added to processed...
5.2
Calcium
5.2.1
For products mentioned in paragraph 2 of Part I, the...
5.2.2
For products mentioned in paragraph 4 of Part I manufactured...
6
Vitamins
6.1
For processed CEREAL-BASED foods the amount of thiamin shall not...
6.2
For products mentioned in paragraph 2 of Part I: ...
SCHEDULE 2
AMINO ACID COMPOSITION OF CASEIN
SCHEDULE 3
ESSENTIAL COMPOSITION OF BABY FOODS
The requirements concerning nutrients refer to the products ready for...
1
Protein
1.1
If meat, poultry, fish, offal or other traditional source of...
1.2
If meat, poultry, fish, offal or other traditional source of...
1.3
If meat, poultry, fish, offal or other traditional source of...
1.4
If cheese is mentioned together with other ingredients in the...
1.5
If the product is designated on the label as a...
1.6
Sauces presented as an accompaniment to a meal are exempt...
1.7
Sweet dishes that mention dairy products as the first or...
1.8
The addition of amino acids is permitted solely for the...
2
Carbohydrates The quantities of total carbohydrates present in fruit and...
3
Fat
3.1
For products referred to in paragraph 1.1 if meat or...
3.2
For all other products the total fat in the product...
4
Sodium
4.1
The final sodium content in the product shall be either...
4.2
Sodium salts may not be added to products based on...
5
Vitamins Vitamin C– In a fruit juice, nectar, or vegetable...
SCHEDULE 4
NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES
1
Vitamins
2
Amino acids
3
Others
4
Salts of minerals and trace elements
SCHEDULE 5
MAXIMUM LIMITS FOR VITAMINS, MINERALS AND TRACE ELEMENTS, IF ADDED, IN PROCESSED CEREAL-BASED FOODS AND BABY FOODS
PART I
General
PART II
Specified foods
SCHEDULE 6
PESTICIDES WHOSE RESIDUES MUST NOT BE PRESENT IN PROCESSED CEREAL-BASED FOODS OR BABY FOODS AT A LEVEL EXCEEDING 0.003 mg/kg
Chemical name
Aldrin and dieldrin, expressed as dieldrin
Disulfoton (sum of disulfoton, disulfoton sulfoxide and disulfoton sulfone expressed...
Endrin
Fensulfothion (sum of fensulfothion, its oxygen analogue and their sulfones,...
Fentin, expressed as triphenyltin cation
Haloxyfop (sum of haloxyfop, its salts and esters including conjugates,...
Heptachlor and trans-heptachlor epoxide, expressed as heptachlor
Hexachlorobenzene
Nitrofen
Omethoate
Terbufos (sum of terbufos, its sulfoxide and sulfone, expressed as...
SCHEDULE 7
SPECIFIC MAXIMUM RESIDUE LEVELS OF CERTAIN PESTICIDES IN PROCESSED CEREAL-BASED FOODS OR BABY FOODS
SCHEDULE 8
REFERENCE VALUES FOR NUTRITION LABELLING FOR FOODS INTENDED FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
2004 No. 8

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The Processed Cereal-based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children (Scotland) Regulations 2004
Made
15th January 2004
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
15th January 2004
Coming into force
6th March 2005
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6(4), 16(1)(a), (e) and (f), 17(1), 26(1)(a) and (3) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having had regard in accordance with section 48(4A) of that Act to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency and after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) and (4B) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:
1990 c. 16; section 6(4) was amended by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40), Schedule 9, paragraph 6 and by the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28) (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule 5, paragraph 10(3); sections 16(1) and 48(1) were amended by the 1999 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 8; section 17(1) was amended by the 1999 Act, Schedule 5, paragraphs 8 and 12; section 26(3) was amended by the 1999 Act, Schedule 6; amendments made by Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act shall be taken as pre commencement enactments for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) (“the 1998 Act”) by virtue of section 40(2) of the 1999 Act. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act.
Section 48(4A) was inserted by the 1999 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 21.
Section 48(4B) was inserted by the 1999 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 21