(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1. These Regulations amend the Processed Cereal-based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children Regulations 1997 in relation to England, in implementation of Commission Directive 1999/39/EC amending Directive 96/5/EC on processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children.
2. The Regulations extend the prohibitions on manufacture and sale in the 1997 Regulations to food of that nature containing individual pesticide residues above a level of 0.01 mg/kg, measured when ready for use or when reconstituted according to the manufacturer’s instructions (regulation 2(b)), and bring the reference to the 1996 Directive up to date (regulation 2(a)).
3. A regulatory impact assessment, which includes a compliance cost assessment of the effect that these Regulations have on business costs, has been prepared and placed in the Library of each House of Parliament. Copies may be obtained from Branch A of the Food Labelling, Standards and Consumer Protection Division of the Food Standards Agency, PO Box 31037, Ergon House, c/o 17 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3WG.