In these Regulations —

• “the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;

• “the EU Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No.1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1601/91, Regulations (EC) No.2232/96 and (EC) No. 110/2008 and Directive 2000/13/EC4;

• “authorised officer” means any person who is authorised in writing, either generally or specifically, by a food authority or as the case may be a port health authority to act in matters arising under these Regulations;

• “food authority” does not include the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple) nor a port health authority;

• “port health authority” means —

  1. a

     in relation to the London port health district (within the meaning given to that phrase for the purposes of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 19845 by section 7(1) of that Act), the Common Council of the City of London; and

  2. b

     in relation to any port health district constituted by order under section 2(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, a port health authority for that district constituted by order under section 2(4) of that Act.

Any other expression used in these Regulations and in the EU Regulation has the same meaning in these Regulations as it bears in the EU Regulation.

Any reference in regulation 3 to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered in the EU Regulation.