The Food (Jelly Confectionery) (Emergency Control) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Food (Jelly Confectionery) (Emergency Control) (Wales) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1090) to implement in relation to Wales the Commission Decision of 13 April 2004 suspending the placing on the market and import of jelly mini-cups containing the food additives E400, E401, E402, E403, E404, E405, E406, E407, E407a, E410, E412, E413, E414, E415, E417 and / or E418.

These Regulations extend the prohibitions imposed by regulation 3 of S.I. 2002/1090 (which relate respectively to the carrying out of commercial operations with regard to jelly confectionery containing the food additive E425: Konjac and the use of that additive in the manufacture of jelly confectionery) in relation to jelly mini-cups containing the food additives specified in paragraph 1 above (regulation 2(2)(b) and (d) and (4)). They also make consequential changes to S.I. 2002/1090 in the light of that extension (regulation 2(2)(a), (c) and (d), (3), (5) and (6)).

These Regulations also insert a revised definition of “port health authority” into regulation 2(1) of S.I. 2002/1090 (regulation 2(2)(d)).

No regulatory appraisal has been prepared in relation to these Regulations.