EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Foods for Specific Groups (Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/6) (“the 2020 Regulations”) to apply the law that existed before 21 February 2021 in relation to infant formula and follow-on formula manufactured from protein hydrolysates from 26 March 2021 until 22 February 2022.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 6 of the 2020 Regulations to disapply regulations 2 to 5 of the 2020 Regulations from infant formula and follow-on formula manufactured from protein hydrolysates. Regulation 2 also inserts a new schedule 4 into the 2020 Regulations. New schedule 4 contains the regulatory regime that applied to infant formula and follow-on formula manufactured from protein hydrolysates prior to 21 February 2021.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.