Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2003 No. 158

FOOD

Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Made

11th March 2003

Coming into operation

2nd May 2003

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety(1) in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 15(1)(a), 16(1), 25(1) and (3), 26(3) and 47(2) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(2) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, having had regard in accordance with Article 47(3A) of the said Order to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency and after consultation both as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3) 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 and in accordance with Article 47(3) and (3B) of the said Order, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 2nd May 2003.

Amendment of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

2.  In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(4), in the definition of “Directive 96/77/EC(5)”, for “and Commission Directive 2001/30/EC(6)” there shall be substituted “, Commission Directive 2001/30/EC and Commission Directive 2002/82/EC(7)”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 11th March 2003.

L.S.

W. B. Smith

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 amend the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, as amended.

The Regulations implement Commission Directive 2002/82/EC amending Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (O.J. No. L292, 28.10.2002, p. 1).

The Regulations specify new purity criteria in relation to the additives specified in the Annex to Commission Directive 2002/82/EC (regulation 2).

(1)

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

(2)

S.I. 1991/762 (N.I.7) as amended by S.I. 1996 /1633 (N.I. 12) and paragraphs 26 to 42 of Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999 c. 28

(3)

O.J. No. L31, 1.2.2002, p. 1

(4)

S.R. 1996 No. 50 as amended by S.R. 1997 No. 340, S.R. 1999 No. 244 and S.R. 2001 Nos. 46 and 419

(5)

O.J. No. L339, 30.12.1996, p. 1

(6)

O.J. No. L146, 31.5.2001, p. 1

(7)

O.J. No. L292, 28.10.2002, p. 1