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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) Regulations 2006, shall apply in England only, and come into force on 16th February 2007.
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
[F1“the 2009 Regulations” means the Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009;]
“audit” means, except in regulation 10, an audit of a competent authority carried out for the purposes of Article 4.6 of Regulation 882/2004 in relation to one or more pieces of relevant legislation;
“auditor” means a person carrying out such an audit;
“the food authority” in relation to any relevant legislation for which a designation is made under these Regulations has the same meaning as it has in that relevant legislation;
“inspector” means, in relation to any piece of relevant legislation, an inspector, veterinary inspector, or other officer authorised by the Secretary of State or other authority to act in England under that relevant legislation;
“the local authority” in relation to any relevant legislation for which a designation is made under these Regulations has the same meaning as it has in that relevant legislation;
“premises” means premises or other property, place or means of transport;
“Regulation 882/2004” means Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 776/2006 amending Annex VII as regards Community reference laboratories(2) and as read with—
Commission Decision 2006/677 setting out the guidelines laying down criteria for the conduct of audits under Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls to verify compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules(3);
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 laying down implementing measures for certain products under Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and for the organisation of official controls under Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, derogating from Regulation (EC) No. 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Regulations (EC) No. 853/2004 and (EC) No. 854/2004(4);
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 laying down transitional arrangements for the implementation of Regulations (EC) No 853/2004, (EC) No 854/2004, and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004(5); and
Regulation (EC) No. 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 as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 575/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
“relevant legislation” means feed law and food law to which Regulation 882/2004 applies and animal health and welfare rules, except—
(2) In the definition of “relevant legislation” in paragraph (1)—
(a)“medicated feedingstuffs” has the meaning given in Article 1.6 of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products (6) as amended by Directive 2004/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2001/82/EC on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products (7); and
(b)“zootechnical additives” means feed additives in the categories mentioned in Article 6.1(d) and (e) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on additives for use in animal nutrition (8) with the exception of those belonging to the functional group listed in paragraph 4(a), (b) and (c) of Annex 1 to that Regulation.
(3) Unless otherwise provided in this regulation, terms used in these Regulations have the same meaning as they have in Regulation 882/2004.
(4) Unless the context otherwise requires, references in these Regulations to an “Article” or “Title” are to an Article or Title, respectively, of Regulation 882/2004.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.6.2018) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/575), regs. 1(2), 38(2)(a)
F2Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.6.2018) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/575), regs. 1(2), 38(2)(b)(i)
F3Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.6.2018) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/575), regs. 1(2), 38(2)(b)(ii)
OJ No. L165, 30.4.2004, p.1; see the corrected text as set out in the corrigendum to the Regulation published in OJ No. L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1.
OJ No. L136, 24.5.2006, p. 3.
OJ No. L 278, 10.10.2006, p. 15.
OJ No. L338, 22.12.2005, p, 27.
OJ No. L338, 22.12.2005, p. 83.
OJ No. L311, 28.11.2001, p. 1.
OJ No. L136, 30.4.2004, p. 58.
OJ No. L268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.
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