Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which apply to Wales only, implement Commission Decision 2002/247/EC suspending the placing on the market and import of jelly confectionery containing the food additive E425: Konjac (OJ No. L84, 28.3.2002, p.69).
The Regulations—
(a)prohibit, first, the carrying out of commercial operations with regard to jelly confectionery which contains the food additive E425: Konjac and which is intended for human consumption and, second, the use of that additive in the manufacture of jelly confectionery which is intended for human consumption (regulations 2 and 3);
(b)specify the enforcement authorities and make consequential provisions relating to the execution and enforcement of the Regulations by those authorities (regulation 4); and
(c)apply, with modifications, provisions of the 1990 Act (regulation 5).
No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations.