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Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;

the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency;

the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EU) No. 284/2011 laying down specific conditions and detailed procedures for the import of polyamide and melamine plastic kitchenware originating in or consigned from the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China(1);

Regulation 882/2004” means Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules(2);

relevant product” means plastic kitchenware originating in or consigned from the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any expression used in these Regulations and the Commission Regulation has the same meaning in these Regulations as it bears in the Commission Regulation and any reference in these Regulations to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered in the Commission Regulation.

(1)

O.J. L 77, 23.3.2011, p.25.

(2)

O.J. L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1. That Regulation was last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 208/2011 amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 180/2008 and (EC) No. 737/2008 as regards lists and names of EU reference laboratories (O.J. L 58, 3.3.2011, p. 29).