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28. In the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 1990 M1, in Schedule 1 (provisions to which those Regulations do not apply) —
(a)omit the title and reference of the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2009 M2; and
(b)for the title and reference of the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2010 M3 substitute the title and reference of these Regulations.
Marginal Citations
M1S.I. 1990/2463, amended by S.I. 2009/205 and S.I. 2010/2225; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
M2S.I. 2009/205,amended by S.I. 2010/2225 and S.I. 2011/231.
29.—(1) The Food Labelling Regulations 1996 M4 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), for the definition of “ingredient” substitute the following definition —
““ingredient” means —
any substance, including any additive or food enzyme and any constituent of a compound ingredient, which is used in the preparation of a food and which is still present in the finished product, even if in altered form; or
any released active substance within the meaning of Article 3(f) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 450/2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food,
and a “compound ingredient” shall be composed of two or more such substances;.”.
(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) expire on 13th December 2014.
Marginal Citations
M4S.I. 1996/1499. The definition of ingredient was previously amended by S.I. 2009/3235 and S.I. 2010/2225.
30.—(1) The Food Standards Agency must from time to time —
(a)carry out a review of the operation and effect of regulations 1 to 27;
(b)set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and
(c)publish the report.
(2) In carrying out the review the Food Standards Agency must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to [F1the operation of the relevant retained EU instruments].
(3) The report must in particular —
(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these Regulations;
(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and
(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if they do, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.
(4) The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.
(5) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.
(6) In this regulation “the [F2relevant retained] EU instruments” means F3... Regulation 1935/2004, Regulation 1895/2005, Regulation 2023/2006, Regulation 450/2009 and Regulation 10/2011.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 30(2) substituted (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(a)
F2Words in reg. 30(6) inserted (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(b)(i)
F3Words in reg. 30(6) omitted (31.12.2022) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(b)(ii)
31. The following Regulations are revoked —
(a)The Ceramic Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2006 M5;
(b)The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2009;
(c)The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2010;
(d)The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 M6
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