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The Contaminants in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013
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- 2013 No. 229
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5.—[F1(1) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the EU provisions specified in paragraph (2) is guilty of an offence.]
(2) The EU provisions are —
(a)Article 1(1) of Regulation 1881/2006 (prohibition on the placing on the market of foodstuffs containing contaminants in excess of prescribed limits contained in the Annex), as read with—
(i)Article 1(2) (maximum levels applying to edible part of food unless otherwise specified in the Annex),
(ii)Article 2 (provisions relating to the application of maximum levels to dried, diluted, processed and compound foodstuffs),
(iii)Article 4 (specific provisions for groundnuts, other oilseeds, tree nuts, dried fruit, rice and maize),
(iv)Article 6 (specific provisions for lettuce) and
(v)the Annex (maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs);
(b)Article 3 of Regulation 1881/2006 (prohibitions on use, mixing and detoxification);
(c)Article 5 of Regulation 1881/2006 (specific labelling requirements for groundnuts, other oilseeds, derived products thereof and cereals); and
(d)Article 1(1) of Regulation 124/2009 (prohibitions on marketing or mixing foods containing coccidiostats or histomonstats at levels in excess of prescribed limits), as read with Article 1(2).
[F2(3) The level of erucic acid in a food must be determined according to sampling methods, and methods of analysis that meet the performance criteria, set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/705 laying down methods of sampling and performance criteria for the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of erucic acid in foodstuffs and repealing Commission Directive 80/891/EEC.]
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F1Reg. 5(1) substituted (11.2.2019) by The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/5), regs. 1(1), 26(4)(a)
F2Reg. 5(3) inserted (11.2.2019) by The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/5), regs. 1(1), 26(4)(b)
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