Scottish Statutory Instruments

2022 No. 373

Agriculture

Food

The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2022

Made

13th December 2022

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

15th December 2022

Coming into force

9th February 2023

The Scottish Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 9(1), 13(6) and 18A(3) of Regulation (EC) No. 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on additives for use in animal nutrition(1) and paragraph 1(1) and (3) of schedule 2 and paragraph 21(b) of schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018((2) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

There has been consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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(3).

(1)

EUR 1831/2003 as relevantly amended by S.I. 2019/654 and 2022/377. Article 9 was substituted by S.I. 2019/654 and amended by S.I. 2022/377. Article 13 was substituted and article 18A was added by S.I. 2019/654. The terms “prescribe” and “appropriate authority” are defined in Article 2 of EUR 1831/2003.

(2)

2018 c. 16. Section 8 was amended by section 27 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1); paragraph 21 of schedule 7 was amended by paragraph 53 of Part 2 of schedule 5 of that Act.

(3)

EUR 178/2002 as amended by S.I. 2019/641. S.I. 2019/641 was amended by S.I. 2020/1504.