The Food Additives Labelling Regulations 1992

Revocation and amendment of specified regulations — Scotland

9.—(1) Regulation 7(2) of, and Schedule 4 to, the Colouring Matter in Food (Scotland) Regulations 1973(1) shall be revoked.

(2) Each regulation specified in a lettered sub—paragraph of paragraph (3) below shall be amended by—

(a) the insertion, in Key paragraph A specified in paragraph (i) of that sub—paragraph, after the word “shall”, of the words “, save in the case of a permitted additive sale”, and

(b) the addition, as Key paragraph B specified in paragraph (ii) of that sub—paragraph, of the following passage:

• “For the purposes of this regulation a permitted additive sale takes place where a sale, to which the Food Additives Labelling Regulations 1992 apply, takes place without contravention of those Regulations.”.

(3) The regulations to which paragraph (2) above applies are—

(a) regulation 5 of the Antioxidants in Food (Scotland) Regulations 1978(2), within which—

(i) paragraph (2) is Key paragraph A, and

(ii) paragraph (3) is Key paragraph B,

(b) regulation 5 of the Miscellaneous Additives in Food (Scotland) Regulations 1980(3), within which—

(i) paragraph (2) is Key paragraph A, and

(ii) paragraph (3) is Key paragraph B,

(c) regulation 7 of the Sweeteners in Food (Scotland) Regulations 1983(4), within which—

(i) each of paragraphs (1) and (2) is Key paragraph A, and

(ii) paragraph (4) is Key paragraph B,

(d) regulation 6 of the Preservatives in Food (Scotland) Regulations 1989(5), within which—

(i) paragraph (2) is Key paragraph A, and

(ii) paragraph (3) is Key paragraph B, and

(e) regulation 5 of the Emulsifiers and Stabilisers in Food (Scotland) Regulations 1989(6), within which—

(i) paragraph (2) is Key paragraph A, and

(ii) paragraph (3) is Key paragraph B.

(4) Regulation 2 of the Food Labelling (Scotland) Regulations 1984(7) shall be amended by the substitution, in the definition of “the additives regulations” therein, for the words “and the Flavourings in Food Regulations 1992”, of the words “, the Flavourings in Food Regulations 1992 and the Food Additives Labelling Regulations 1992”.

(5) Regulation 6 of the Emulsifiers and Stabilisers in Food (Scotland) Regulations 1989 shall be revoked.

(1)

S.I. 1973/1310; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1975/1595, 1976/2232, 1979/107, 1987/1985, 1990/2625.

(2)

S.I. 1978/492; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1980/1886, 1983/1497, 1984/1518, 1990/2625.

(3)

S.I. 1980/1889; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1982/515, 1983/1497, 1984/1518, 1990/2625.

(4)

S.I. 1983/1497; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1990/2625.

(5)

S.I. 1989/581; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1990/2625.

(6)

S.I. 1989/945; amended by S.I. 1990/2625.

(7)

S.I. 1984/1519; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/2625, 1992/1971.