(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, in Scotland, revoke (at regulation 12 and Schedule 4) and remake with amendments provisions of the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/2463).
These Regulations—
specify the qualifications necessary to be a public analyst or food analyst (regulation 4) or food examiner (regulation 5 and Schedule 2) for the purposes of the Food Safety Act 1990;
prohibit specified persons from carrying out analyses or examinations (regulation 6);
specify the procedures to be followed when a sample has been procured under that Act for analysis or examination (regulations 7, 8 and 9), and exclude from these procedures samples taken under Regulations which have their own procedures (regulation 3 and Schedule 1); and
prescribe the form of certificate to be used by analysts and examiners in making their reports (regulation 10 and Schedule 3).
The Regulations also make consequential amendments to other Regulations (regulation 11).
A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies may be obtained from the Food Standards Agency (Scotland), 6th Floor, St Magnus House, 25 Guild Street, Aberdeen AB11 6NJ and online at www.legislation.gov.uk .