The Contaminants in Food (England) Regulations 2013

Controls on contaminants in food

5.—(1) Subject to the transitional arrangements contained in –

(a) Article 11 of Regulation 1881/2006;

(b) Article 2 of Regulation 629/2008; or

(c) Article 2 of Regulation 165/2010,

a person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the EU provisions specified in paragraph (2) is guilty of an offence.

(2) The EU provisions are —

(a) Article 1(1) of Regulation 1881/2006 (prohibition on the placing on the market of foodstuffs containing contaminants in excess of prescribed limits contained in the Annex), as read with —

(i) Article 1(2) (maximum levels applying to edible part of food unless otherwise specified in the Annex),

(ii) Article 2 (provisions relating to the application of maximum levels to dried, diluted, processed and compound foodstuffs),

(iii) Article 4 (specific provisions for groundnuts, other oilseeds, tree nuts, dried fruit, rice and maize),

(iv) Article 6 (specific provisions for lettuce), and

(v) the Annex (maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs);

(b) Article 3 of Regulation 1881/2006 (prohibitions on use, mixing and detoxification);

(c) Article 5 of Regulation 1881/2006 (specific labelling requirements for groundnuts, other oilseeds, derived products thereof and cereals); and

(d) Article 1(1) of Regulation 124/2009 (prohibitions on marketing or mixing foods containing coccidiostats or histomonstats at levels in excess of prescribed limits), as read with Article 1(2).