The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003
The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 16(1)(a), 17(1), 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990 M1 and now vested in him M2 and having had regard in accordance with section 48(4A) 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 safety M3 and in accordance with section 48(4) and (4B) of the Food Safety Act 1990, makes the following Regulations:
Title, extent and commencement1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003, shall extend to England only and shall come into force on 2nd May 2003.
Amendment of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 19952.
In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995 M4, in the definition of “Directive 96/77/EC M5”, for the phrase “and Commission Directive 2001/30/EC M6” there shall be substituted the phrase “
, Commission Directive 2001/30/EC and Commission Directive 2002/82/EC M7
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Consequential amendments3.
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Paragraph (2) of regulation 9 (consequential amendments) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2001 M8 shall be omitted.
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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which extend to England only, amend the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995, as already amended (“the principal Regulations”), which extend to the whole of Great Britain.
These Regulations implement Commission Directive 2002/82/EC amending Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (OJ No. L292, 28.10.2002, p.1).
These Regulations specify new purity criteria in relation to the additives specified in the Annex to Commission Directive 2002/82/EC (regulation 2) and make related amendments to certain Regulations as regards references in those Regulations to the principal Regulations (regulation 3).
No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in respect of these Regulations. A transposition note setting out how the main elements of Directive 2002/82/EC are transposed into domestic law by these Regulations has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies may be obtained from the Food Additives Branch, Chemical Safety and Toxicology Division of the Food Standards Agency, Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NH.