2020 No. 24

Made4th March 2020

Coming into operation1st April 2020

The Department of Health1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 15(1)(e), 16(1) and (2), 25(3), 26(3) and 47(2) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 19912, and section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 19723.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Department of Health that it is expedient for references to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers and to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/775 laying down rules for the application of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, as regards the rules for indicating the country of origin or place of provenance of the primary ingredient of a food4 to be construed as references to those Regulations as amended from time to time.

In accordance with section 47(3A) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, the Department of Health has had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency.