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2.—(1) In these Regulations-
“authorised officer” in relation to an enforcement authority, means any person (whether or not an officer of the authority) who is authorised by them in writing, either generally or specially, to act in matters arising under these Regulations;
“catering establishment” has the meaning which it bears in the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1);
“Directive 89/108” means Council Directive 89/108/EEC(2) on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to quick-frozen foodstuffs for human consumption;
“Directive 92/2” means Commission Directive 92/2/EEC(3) laying down the sampling procedure and the Community method of analysis for the official control of the temperatures of quick-frozen foods intended for human consumption;
“enforcement authority” means the authority which, by virtue of regulation 9(5), is responsible for executing and enforcing these Regulations;
“food” has the meaning that it bears in Regulation 178/2002;
“local distribution” in relation to any product, means that part of the distribution chain in which the product is delivered to the point of placing on the market for retail purposes (such placing on the market to include placing on the market to a catering establishment);
“the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;
“placing on the market” has the meaning it bears in Regulation 178/2002;
“prepackaging” shall be construed in accordance with the definition of “prepacked” in the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 but with “placed on the market” being substituted for “offered for sale”;
“quick-frozen foodstuff” means a product—
comprising food which has undergone a freezing process known as “quick-freezing” whereby the zone of maximum crystallisation is crossed as rapidly as possible, depending on the type of product, and
which is labelled for the purpose of placing on the market to indicate that it has undergone that process;
but does not include ice-cream or any other edible ice;
“Regulation 178/2002” means Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and 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 safety;
“Regulation 37/2005” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 37/2005(4) on the monitoring of temperatures in the means of transport, warehousing and storage of quick-frozen foodstuffs intended for human consumption;
“retail display cabinet” means any cabinet from which a quick-frozen foodstuff is placed on the market for retail purposes or in the course of a Cash-and-Carry business;
“specified Community provision” means any provision of Regulation 37/2005 that is specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 and whose subject-matter is described in column 2 of that Schedule; and
“ultimate consumer” has the meaning that it bears in the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any expression used both in these Regulations and in Directive 89/108, Directive 92/2 or Regulation 37/2005 has the meaning that it bears in Directive 89/108, Directive 92/2 or Regulation 37/2005 as the case may be.
(3) Where any functions under the Act are assigned—
(a)by an order under Section 2 or 7 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984(5), to a port health authority;
(b)by an order under Section 6 of the Public Health Act 1936(6), to a joint board for a united district; or
(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(7) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 2 in operation at 1.3.2007, see reg. 1
OJ No. L40, 11.2.89, p.34, as last amended as at the making of this instrument by Council Directive 2006/107/EC adapting Directive 89/108/EEC relating to quick-frozen foodstuffs for human consumption and Directive 2003/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania. (OJ No. L363, 20.12.06, p.411)
OJ No. L34, 11.2.92, p.30
OJ No. L10, 13.1.05, p.18
1984 c.22; section 7(3)(d) was substituted by paragraph 27 of Schedule 3 to the Food Safety Act 1990 (1990 c.16)
1936 c.49; section 6 is to be read with paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Food Safety Act 1990
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