2003 No. 599
FOOD

The Miscellaneous Food Additives Amendment (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(a), 17(1), 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 19901 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having had regard in accordance with section 48(4A)2 of that Act to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency, and after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) and (4B)3 of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Miscellaneous Food Additives Amendment (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 17th January 2004.

(2)

These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Amendment of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 19952.

In Schedule 3 to the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 19954, in the entry for E425 for the words in the third column of that entry, substitute “Foods in general (except those referred to in Schedules 6, 7 and 8, and jelly confectionery, including jelly mini-cups)”.
TOM McCABE
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, amend the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995, as already amended (“the principal Regulations”) which apply to the whole of Great Britain.

These Regulations implement Directive 2003/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L 178, 17.7.03, p.23) amending Directive 95/2/EC (O.J. No. L 61, 18.3.95, p.1) as regards the conditions of use for a food additive E425 konjac.

These Regulations provide for E425 konjac to be used in foodstuffs in general (except in certain foods as are specified in the principal Regulations) but not in jelly confectionery. Jelly confectionery includes jelly mini-cups (regulation 2).

No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations.