The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

This Statutory Rule has been made in consequence of a defect in SR 2007 No. 325 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Rule.

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2008 No. 41

Food

The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Made

1st February 2008

Coming into operation

7th March 2008

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety(1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 15(1)(a), 16(1) and 47(2) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(2).

In accordance with Article 47(3A) of that Order, 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 safety(3) there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation and evaluation of these Regulations.

Citation and Commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and come into operation on 7th March 2008.

Amendments to the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

2.—(1) The Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(4) are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In Schedule 8 (miscellaneous additives permitted in foods for infants and young children) —

(a) in Part III (miscellaneous additives permitted in processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children in good health), omit the entry relating to E 473; and

(b) in Part IV (miscellaneous additives permitted in dietary foods for infants and young children for special medical purposes as defined in Directive 1999/21/EC), after the entry relating to E 472c insert —

“E 473

Sucrose esters of fatty acids

120 mg/l

Products containing hydrolysed proteins, peptides and amino acids”

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 1st February 2008.

Don Hill

A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No.50 as amended) (“the Additives Regulations”) in order to rectify an error caused by a defect in the Miscellaneous Additives and the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No.325).

The entry for one substance in Schedule 8 of the Additives Regulations is removed from Part III of that Schedule and added to Part IV.

(1)

Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) Article 3(6)

(2)

S.I. 1991/762 (N.I.7) as amended by S.I. 1996/1633 (N.I.12), paragraphs 26 to 42 of Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999 c.28, S.R. 2004 No.482 and S.R. 2004 No.505

(3)

OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1; that Regulation was last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 575/2006 (OJ No. L100, 8.4.2006, p.3)

(4)

S.R. 1996 No.50 as amended by S.R. 1997 No.340, S.R. 1999 No.244, S.R. 2001 No.45, S.R. 2001 No.46, S.R. 2001 No.419, S.R. 2003 No.158, S.R. 2003 No.300, S.R. 2003 No.301, S.R. 2003 No.305, S.R. 2003 No.313, S.R. 2003 No.383, S.R. 2003 No.519, S.R. 2003 No.535, S.R. 2004 No.439, S.R. 2005 No.19, S.R. 2005 No.201 and S.R. 2007 No.325