(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations transpose Council Directive 2001/114/EC relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption (OJ No L 15, 17.1.02, p 19). They also revoke and replace the Condensed Milk and Dried Milk Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (SR 2003 No.300) and revoke the Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (SR 2008 No.42) and Schedule 7 paragraphs 18 and 19 of the Food Hygiene Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (SR 2006 No.3).
The Regulations—
a
define condensed milk and dried milk products and the reserved descriptions that apply to them (regulation 2 and Schedules 1 and 2);
b
prohibit the labelling with reserved descriptions of food other than the designated condensed and dried milk products to which they relate (regulation 3);
c
set out the labelling requirements for designated condensed and dried milk products (regulation 4);
d
set out the manner of marking or labelling the designated condensed and dried milk products with the particulars required by regulation 4 (regulation 5);
e
apply certain provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/762 (N.I.7) as amended) with modifications. This includes the application of Article 9(1) (with modifications) and (2), enabling an improvement notice to be served to require compliance with regulations 3, 4 or 5. The provisions, as applied, make the failure to comply with an improvement notice an offence (regulation 6 and Schedule 3);
f
impose an obligation on district councils to enforce these Regulations (regulation 7); and
g
revoke previous Regulations, as set out above (regulation 8).