2001 No. 1690 (W.120)
The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001
Made
Coming into force
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(4), 16(1), 17(1), 26(1)(a) and (3) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 19901 which are now vested in it, the National Assembly for Wales2, having had regard in accordance with section 48(4A) of that Act to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency and after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of that Act with such organisations as appear to it to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Title and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st July 2002.
Amendment of previous Regulations in relation to Wales2
The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations 19953, in so far as they apply to Wales, shall be amended by the insertion—
a
in paragraph (2) of regulation 1 (title, commencement and interpretation)—
i
(after the definition of “advertisement”, “advertise” and “advertising”) of the following definition—
“the Directive” means Commission Directive 91/321/EEC4 on infant formulae and follow-on formulae as amended by amendments up to and including those effected by Commission Directive 1999/50/EC5
ii
(after the definition of “Member state”) of the following definition—
“pesticide residue” has the meaning given by Article 1(2)(e) of the Directive
b
at the end of paragraph (2) of each of regulations 8 and 9 (composition of infant formulae and follow-on formulae), of the words
and it shall not—
a
if it is manufactured as ready for consumption, contain, or
b
if it is not so manufactured, be such that it would, if reconstituted according to its manufacturer’s instructions, contain,
residues of any individual pesticide at a level exceeding 0.01 mg/kg
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66 of the Government of Wales Act 19986
(This note is not part of the Regulations)