2004 No. 554 (W.57)
FOOD, WALES

The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004

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 that Act, makes the following Regulations:

Title, commencement and application1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004, shall apply to Wales only and shall come into force on 5th March 2004.

Amendment of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 19952.

In Schedule 3 to the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 19954, in the entry for E425 for the words in the third column of that entry, there shall be substituted the words “Foods in general (except those referred to in Schedules 6, 7 and 8, and jelly confectionery, including jelly mini-cups)”.

Consequential amendments3.

(1)

Paragraph (2) of regulation 3 (consequential amendments) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 20035 shall be omitted.

(2)

In the Regulations listed below, in so far as they apply 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 19976, the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 19997, the Coffee Extracts and Chicory Extracts (Wales) Regulations 20018, the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 20019 the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 200110, the Colours in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 200111, the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 200212, the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 200213, the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 200314, the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 200315, the Specified Sugar Products (Wales) Regulations 200316, the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (Wales) Regulations 200317, the Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Wales) Regulations 200318, the Cocoa and Chocolate Products (Wales) Regulations 200319, the Honey (Wales) Regulations 200320, the Jam and Similar Products (Wales) Regulations 200421 and these Regulations:
  • the Mineral Hydrocarbons in Food Regulations 196622;
  • the Food Additives Labelling Regulations 199223;
  • the Food Labelling Regulations 199624;
  • the Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products Regulations 198425.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 199826.
D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1.

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

2.
These Regulations implement European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/52/EC27 amending Directive 95/2/EC28 as regards the conditions of use for a food additive E425 Konjac.
3.

These Regulations provide for E425 Konjac to be used in Foodstuffs in general (except in certain foods as are specified in the principal Regulations) but not in jelly confectionery. Jelly confectionery includes jelly mini-cups.

4.

A regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared in respect of these Regulations as the instrument will have no effect on the costs of business. A transposition note setting out how the main elements of Directive 2003/52 are transposed in these regulations has been prepared and placed in the library of the National Assembly for Wales. Copies may be obtained from the Food Standards Agency, 11th Floor Southgate House, Wood Street, Cardiff, CF10 1EW.