2007 No. 579 (W.51)
FOOD, WALES

The Colours in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Made
Coming into force
The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations 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 it2.

In accordance with section 48 (4A) of that Act, it has had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency.

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 there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of the following Regulations.

Title, application and commencement1.

The title of these Regulations is the Colours in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2007, which apply in relation to Wales and which come into force on 10 April 2007.

Amendment of the Colours in Food Regulations 19952.

(1)

The Colours in Food Regulations 19954 are amended in so far as they apply in relation to Wales in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2)

In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation), for the definition of “Directive 95/45/EC” there is substituted the following definition —
““Directive 95/45/EC” means Commission Directive 95/45/EC laying down specific criteria of purity concerning colours for use in foodstuffs5 as amended by Directive 1999/75/EC6, Directive 2001/50/EC7, Directive 2004/47/EC8 and Directive 2006/33/EC9;”.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 199810
D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1.

These Regulations, which apply in relation to Wales, implement Commission Directive 2006/33/EC amending Directive 95/45/EC as regards sunset yellow FCF (E110) and titanium dioxide (E171) (OJ No. L82, 21.3.2006, p.10).

2.

They do so by updating the definition of “Directive 95/45/EC” (Commission Directive 95/45/EC laying down specific criteria of purity concerning colours for use in foodstuffs, OJ No. L226, 29.9.1995, p.1) that appears in regulation 2(1) of the Colours in Food Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/3124, as already amended) to reflect the amendments made to that Directive by Commission Directive 2006/33/EC (regulation 2).

3.

Commission Directive 2006/33/EC amends Commission Directive 95/45/EC by substituting revised purity criteria for the colours sunset yellow FCF (E110) and titanium dioxide (E171).

4.

A full Regulatory Appraisal has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

5.

A Transposition Note has been prepared and placed in the Library of the National Assembly for Wales, setting out how the main elements of the European legislation referred to above are transposed in these Regulations. Copies of this document may be obtained from the Food Standards Agency, 11th Floor, Southgate House, Wood Street, Cardiff, CF11 1EW.