European Communities (Infant Formulae and Follow-On Formulae) Regulations 2004
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the EuropeanCommunities (Infant Formulae and Follow-On Formulae) Regulations 2004 and, subject to paragraph (2), they shall come into effect on the date they are signed by the Minister.
(2) The requirements of —
(a) paragraphs (9), (10), (11), (12) and (13) of Regulation 4,
(b) paragraphs (9), (10), (11), (12) and (13) of Regulation 5, and
(c) Regulations 11 and 12, insofar as they relate to the provisions referred to at subparagraphs (a) and (b),
shall not come into effect until 6 March 2005.
(3) From the date of coming into effect of these Regulations, a person may trade in products complying with the provisions referred to in paragraph (2).
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations—
“Act of 1998” means the Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998 (No. 29 of 1998);
“approved examiner” in these Regulations means—
(a) a Public Analyst located at a Public Analyst’s Laboratory,
(b) a Deputy Public Analyst located at a Public Analyst’s Laboratory,
(c) an Executive Analytical Chemist located at a Public Analyst’s Laboratory,
(d) a Consultant Microbiologist located at an Official Laboratory,
(e) a Chief Laboratory Technologist located at an Official Laboratory, or
(f) a person designated by the Minister pursuant to Regulation 23;
“authorised officer” means an authorised officer appointed under section 49 of the Act of 1998;
“Authority” means the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, established under section 9 of the Act of 1998;
“Directive” means Commission Directive 91/321/EEC5 of 14 May 1991 on infant formulae and follow-on formulae, as amended by Council Directive 92/52/EEC6 of 18 June 1992, and Commission Directive 96/4/EC7 of 16 February 1996, and Commission Directive 1999/50/EC8 of 25 May 1999, and Commission Directive 2003/14/EC9 of 10 February 2003;
“export” means exportation to a third country;
“follow-on formulae” means foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional use by infants aged over 4 months and constituting the principal liquid element in a progressively diversified diet of this category of persons, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;
“food” or “foodstuff” means any substance or product, whether processed, partially processed or unprocessed, intended to be, or reasonably expected to be, ingested by humans;
“food” includes drink, chewing gum and any substance, including water, intentionally incorporated into the food during its manufacture, preparation or treatment. It includes water after the point of compliance as defined in Article 6 of Directive 98/83/EC10 and without prejudice to the requirements of Directives 80/778/EEC11 and 98/83/EC10 ;
“food” shall not include —
(a) feed,
(b) live animals unless they are prepared for placing on the market for human consumption,
(c) plants prior to harvesting,
(d) medicinal products within the meaning of Council Directives 65/65/EEC12 and 92/73/EEC13 ,
(e) cosmetics within the meaning of Council Directive 76/768/EEC14 ,
(f) tobacco and tobacco products within the meaning of Council Directive 89/622/EEC15 ,
(g) narcotic or psychotropic substances within the meaning of the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, and the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971, or
(h) residues and contaminants;
“health care system” includes institutions or organisations engaged, directly or indirectly, in health care for mothers, infants and pregnant women, including nurseries or childcare institutions, and includes the private practices of health workers;
“import” means importation from a third country, save in Part 3 where import means importation into a third country;
“infant formulae” means foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional use by infants during the first 4 to 6 months of life and satisfying by themselves the nutritional requirements of this category of persons, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;
“infants” means children under the age of 12 months;
“manufacture” includes the production and processing of food, other than primary production for private domestic use and domestic preparation, handling and storage of food for private domestic consumption, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;
“Member State” means a Member State of the European Community and shall be construed as including reference to those States that are Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement;
“Minister” means the Minister for Health and Children;
“official agency” means an official agency carrying out functions under a service contract and acting on behalf of the Authority pursuant to section 48 of the Act of 1998;
“official laboratory” in these Regulations means—
(a) the Food Microbiology Laboratory, Cork,
(b) the Food Microbiology Laboratory, Galway,
(c) the Microbiology Laboratory, Dublin,
(d) the Microbiology Laboratory, Limerick,
(e) the Public Analyst’s Laboratory, Cork,
(f) the Public Analyst’s Laboratory, Dublin,
(g) the Public Analyst’s Laboratory, Galway,
(h) the Public Health Laboratory, Sligo,
(i) the Public Health Laboratory, Waterford, or
(j) a laboratory designated by the Minister pursuant to Regulation 23;
“pesticide residue” means the residue in infant formulae and follow-on formulae of a plant protection product, as defined in point 1 of Article 2 of Council Directive 91/414/EEC16 , as amended, including its metabolites and products resulting from its degradation or reaction, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;
“place on the market” means—
(a) import,
(b) sell,
(c) offer or expose for sale,
(d) invite the making by a person of an offer to purchase,
(e) distribute free of charge,
(f) supply for any of those purposes (whether or not for profit)
and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;
“service contract” means a contract entered into between the Authority and an official agency pursuant to section 48 of the Act of 1998;
“third country” means a country which is not a Member State;
“young children” means children aged between one and three years.
(2) A word or expression which is used in these Regulations and which is also used in the Directive has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in the Directive.
(3) (a) A reference in these Regulations to a Regulation is to a Regulation of these Regulations, unless it is indicated that reference to some other Regulations is intended.
(b) A reference in these Regulations to a paragraph or subparagraph is to the paragraph or subparagraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended.