The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022

Amendment of the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2012

2.—(1) The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2012(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) omit the definition of “Directive 84/500/EEC”;

(ii) omit the definition of “Directive 2007/42/EC”;

(b) in paragraph (3), in both places, omit “EU”.

(3) In regulation 9—

(a) omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (a)(iii);

(b) omit paragraph (b).

(4) In regulation 11, omit paragraph (3).

(5) In regulation 12—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in both places, for “Annex II” substitute “Schedule 5”;

(ii) for “that Annex” substitute “that Schedule”;

(b) in paragraph (2), for “Annex II” substitute “Schedule 5”.

(6) In regulation 30—

(a) in paragraph (2), for the words from “how the EU” to the end substitute “the operation of the relevant retained EU instruments”;

(b) in paragraph (6)—

(i) in the defined term, before “EU instruments” insert “relevant retained”;

(ii) omit the words from “Council Directive 78/142/EEC” to “Directive 2007/42/EC,”.

(7) Schedule 1 has effect.

(1)

S.I. 2012/2619, amended by S.I. 2019/704 and 2020/1410.