2007 No. 143
FOOD

The Colours in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2007

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(a) and 17(1) of the Food Safety Act 19901 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, 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 as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety3, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Colours in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 6th April 2007.

(2)

These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Amendment of the Colours in Food Regulations 19952.

(1)

The Colours in Food Regulations 19954 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “Directive 95/45/EC”, for “and Directive 2004/47/EC5”, substitute–
LEWIS MACDONALD
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, implement Commission Directive 2006/33/EC amending Directive 95/45/EC as regards sunset yellow FCF (E 110) and titanium dioxide (E 171).

They do so by updating the definition of “Directive 95/45/EC” in regulation 2(1) of the Colours in Food Regulations 1995, to reflect the amendment made to that Directive by Commission Directive 2006/33/EC (regulation 2).

Commission Directive 2006/33/EC amends Commission Directive 95/45/EC by substituting revised purity criteria for the colours sunset yellow FCF (E 110) and titanium dioxide (E 171).

No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared to accompany these Regulations, as they will not impose any costs on business.