The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Amendments to the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013

2.—(1) The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “the EU Hygiene Regulations” and in the definition beginning “Decision 2006/766”, for “Regulation 2075/2005” in each case substitute “Regulation 2015/1375”.

(3) In Schedule 1 (definitions of EU legislation) —

(a) in the definition of “Regulation 854/2004”, for “Regulation 2075/2005” substitute “Regulation 2015/1375”;

(b) omit the definition of “Regulation 2075/2005”; and

(c) at the end of the Schedule add the following definition —

““Regulation 2015/1375” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 laying down specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meat.”(2).

(4) In Schedule 2 (specified EU provisions), for the entries in the final row of the table substitute the following —

“Article 9 of Regulation 2015/1375

Requirement that food business operators of holdings officially recognised as applying controlled housing conditions must inform the competent authority of any requirement of Annex IV to Regulation 2015/1375 that is no longer fulfilled or of any other change that might affect the holdings’ Trichinella status”

(5) In regulation 38 (consequential amendments to the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013)(3) —

(a) in paragraph (a), for “regulation 12(2)(a)” substitute “regulation 10(2)(a)”; and

(b) in paragraph (b), for “regulation 23(8)” substitute “regulation 21(8)”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/2996. These Regulations have been amended by S.I. 2014/2748 and S.I. 2014/2885.

(2)

OJ No. L212, 11.8.2015, p.7.

(3)

S.I.2013/2952. This instrument was amended by S.I. 2013/2996 and S.I. 2015/1980.