The Specific Food Hygiene (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

19.  In Annex 3—

(1) In Section 1, in Chapter 7, in paragraph 3, in point (b)(viii), in the first footnote reference, omit “of the Member State”.

(2) In Section 2, in Chapter 6, in paragraph 9, for “in the same Member State as the farm of production”, substitute “ within the United Kingdom ”.

[F1 (3) in Section 3—

(a) in paragraph 3a, for point (a) substitute —

“(a) the holding is situated in a region which is not under health restrictions in accordance with legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain;”;

(b) after paragraph 3a insert—

“3b.   In paragraph 3a, “region” means that part of a constituent territory of Great Britain which is at least 2000km2 in area and which is subject to inspection by the competent authorities and includes at least one of the following administrative regions—

(a) in England and Wales, a local government area as defined in section 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972;

(b) in Scotland, a local government area as defined in section 1 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.”;]

(4) In Section 4, in Chapter 2—

(a) at paragraph 4(a), in the fifth paragraph, omit “in the Member State”;

(b) omit paragraph 8(b).

(5) In Section 5, in Chapter 4, in paragraph 1, omit “if, and to the extent that, national rules in the Member State in the territory of which the product is placed on the market so require”.

(6) In Section 7—

(a) in Chapter 1, in paragraph 4, for the first sentence, substitute—

“The registration document must be in English or in English and Welsh and contain at least the information specified below.”;

(b) in Chapter 7, in paragraph 2, for “Directive 2000/13/EC”, substitute “ Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 ”.

(7) In Section 8—

[F2 (a) in paragraph 1, in the second unnumbered paragraph, for “Union legislation” substitute “legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain.]

(b) in Chapter 2, for paragraph 4, substitute—

“4.   Food business operators must cooperate with relevant competent authorities so as to permit them to carry out official controls in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 854/2004 and notify the competent authority of where the fishery products are landed.”;

(c) in Chapter 4, in Part B, omit paragraph 4.

(8) In Section 9—

(a) in Chapter 1, in point 3—

(i) omit paragraph 1(b);

(ii) in paragraph 2, omit “and with the existing national criteria referred to in point 1(b) in case of colostrum”;

(b) in Chapter 4, in paragraph 1, for the first sentence, substitute—

“In addition to the requirements of Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011, except in the cases envisaged in Article 16(1) and (2) of that Regulation, labelling must clearly show—”;

(c) in Chapter 5, in paragraph 2, for “consigning country”, substitute “ United Kingdom ”.

(9) In Section 14, in Chapter 3, in paragraph 1, in sub-paragraph (a), omit “Community”.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 19(3) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1504), regs. 1(2), 9(11)(a)

F2 Reg. 19(7)(a) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1504), regs. 1(2), 9(11)(b)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 19 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1