The Processed Cereal-based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children (England) Regulations 2003

1Title, application and commencement

2Interpretation

4Restrictions on the sale of processed cereal-based foods and baby foods

5General requirements as to manufacture and composition

6Added nutritional substances and nutrients

7Pesticide residues

10Offence and penalty

10AApplication of the improvement notice provisions of the Act

11Defence in relation to exports

12Application of various provisions of the Act

SCHEDULE 1PROCESSED CEREAL-BASED FOODS

PART ICategories of processed cereal-based foods

1Simple cereals which are or have to be reconstituted with...

2Cereals with an added high protein food which are or...

3Pastas which are to be used after cooking in boiling...

4Rusks and biscuits which are to be used either directly...

PART IIEssential composition of processed cereal-based foods

1(1) Processed cereal-based foods are prepared primarily from one or...

2(1) For products mentioned in paragraphs 2 and 4 of...

3(1) If sucrose, fructose, glucose, glucose syrups or honey are...

4(1) For products mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 4 of...

5(1) Sodium (i) Sodium salts may only be added to...

6(1) For processed cereal-based foods the amount of thiamin shall...

SCHEDULE 2AMINO ACID COMPOSITION OF CASEIN

SCHEDULE 3ESSENTIAL COMPOSITION OF BABY FOODS

1(1) If meat, poultry, fish, offal or other traditional source...

2The quantities of total carbohydrates present in fruit and vegetable...

3(1) For products referred to in paragraph 1(1) if meat...

4(1) The final sodium content in the product shall be...

5(1) Vitamin C— In a fruit juice, nectar, or vegetable...

SCHEDULE 4NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES

1Vitamin A Retinol Retinyl acetate Retinyl palmitate Beta-carotene Vitamin D...

2L-arginine} L-cystine} L-histidine} and their hydrochlorides L-isoleucine} L-leucine} L-lysine} L-cysteine}...

3Choline Choline chloride Choline citrate Choline bitartrate Inositol L-carnitine L-carnitine...

Salts of minerals and trace elements

4Calcium Calcium carbonate Calcium chloride Calcium salts of citric acid...

SCHEDULE 5MAXIMUM LIMITS FOR VITAMINS, MINERALS AND TRACE ELEMENTS, IF ADDED, IN PROCESSED CEREAL-BASED FOODS AND BABY FOODS

PART IISpecified foods

SCHEDULE 6PESTICIDES WHOSE RESIDUES MUST NOT BE PRESENT IN PROCESSED CEREAL-BASED FOODS OR BABY FOODS AT A LEVEL EXCEEDING 0.003 mg/kg

SCHEDULE 7SPECIFIC MAXIMUM RESIDUE LEVELS OF CERTAIN PESTICIDES IN PROCESSED CEREAL-BASED FOODS OR BABY FOODS

SCHEDULE 8REFERENCE VALUES FOR NUTRITION LABELLING FOR FOODS INTENDED FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN

SCHEDULE 9Modification of the improvement notice provisions of the Act

PART 1Modification of section 10(1)

1For section 10(1) (improvement notices) substitute— (1) If an authorised...

PART 2Modification of section 32(1)

2For paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 32(1) (powers of...

3Section 32(9) does not apply.

PART 3Modification of section 35 (punishment of offences)

4In section 35, after subsection (1A), insert—

PART 4Modification of section 37(1) and (6)

5For section 37(1) (appeals) substitute— (1) Any person who is...

6Section 37(2) does not apply.

7For section 37(3) substitute— (3) The appeals procedure under the...

8For section 37(5) substitute– (5) The notice of appeal period...

9In section 37(6)— (a) for “(3) or (4)” substitute “...

PART 5Modification of section 39(1) and (3)

10For section 39(1) (appeals against improvement notices) substitute—

11in section 39(3), omit “for want of prosecution”.

2003 No. 3207

FOOD, ENGLAND

The Processed Cereal-based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children (England) Regulations 2003

Made8th December 2003

Laid before Parliament22nd December 2003

Coming into force6th March 2005

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(a), (e) and (f), 17(1), 26(1)(a) and (3) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990 M1 and now vested in him M2, 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 M3 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 and in accordance with section 48(4) and (4B) of that Act, makes the following Regulations: