2003 No. 945 (W.126)
FOOD, WALES

The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003

Made
Coming into force
The National Assembly for Wales in exercise of the powers conferred 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 19901 and now vested in the Assembly2 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 safety3 and in accordance with section 48(4) and (4B) of the Food Safety Act 1990, makes the following Regulations:

Title, application and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003, shall apply to Wales only and shall come into force on 30th May 2003.

Amendment of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 19952.

In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 19954, in the definition of “Directive 96/77/EC”5, for the words “and Commission Directive 2001/30/EC”6 there shall be substituted the words “, Commission Directive 2001/30/EC and Commission Directive 2002/82/EC”7.

Consequential amendments3.

(1)

Paragraph (2) of regulation 9 (consequential amendments) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 20028 shall be omitted.

(2)

In the Regulations listed below, in so far as they extend to Wales, references to the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995 shall be construed as references to those Regulations as amended by the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 19979, the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 199910, the Coffee Extracts and Chicory Extracts (Wales) Regulations 200111, the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 200112, the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002 and these Regulations:
  • the Mineral Hydrocarbons in Food Regulations 196613;
  • the Specified Sugar Products Regulations 197614;
  • the Cocoa and Chocolate Products Regulations 197615;
  • the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars Regulations 197716;
  • the Condensed Milk and Dried Milk Regulations 197717;
  • the Jam and Similar Products Regulations 198118;
  • the Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products Regulations 198419;
  • the Food Additives Labelling Regulations 199220;
  • the Food Labelling Regulations 199621.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 199822
Jane Hutt
Minister for Health and Social Services.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply to Wales only, amend the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995, as already amended (“the principal Regulations”), which extend to Great Britain.

The 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.).

The 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 appraisal has been prepared in respect of these Regulations.