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2013 No. 2996
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(2) of and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972(1).
The Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of that section in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food(2) and measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health(3).
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for any reference to an EU instrument defined in Schedule 1 to be construed in accordance with regulation 2(6) as a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.
Title, application, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations
(a)may be cited as the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013;
(b)apply in relation to England only, and
(c)come into force on 31st December 2013.
(2) Any amendment or revocation made by these Regulations has the same extent as the provision amended or revoked (but applies in relation to England only).
“authorised officer”, in relation to an enforcement authority, means any person (whether or not an officer of the authority) who is authorised by them in writing, either generally or specially, to act in matters arising under the Hygiene Regulations and Regulation 178/2002;
“the EU Hygiene Regulations” means Regulation 852/2004, Regulation 853/2004, Regulation 854/2004, Regulation 2073/2005 and Regulation 2075/2005;
“Decision 2006/766”, “Directive 2004/41”, “Regulation 178/2002”, “Regulation 852/2004”, “Regulation 853/2004”, “Regulation 854/2004”, “Regulation 882/2004”, “Regulation 1688/2005”, “Regulation 2073/2005”, “Regulation 2074/2005”, “Regulation 2075/2005”, “Regulation 1020/2008”, “Regulation 1021/2008”, “Regulation 596/2009”, “Regulation 669/2009”, “Regulation 1169/2011”, “Regulation 28/2012” and “Regulation 1079/2013” have the meanings respectively given to them in Schedule 1;
“enforcement authority” means the authority which, by virtue of regulation 5, is responsible for executing and enforcing the Hygiene Regulations and Regulation 178/2002;
“food authority” has the meaning that it bears by virtue of section 5(1) of the Act except that it does not include the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner Temple and Middle Temple);
“the Hygiene Regulations” means these Regulations and the EU Hygiene Regulations;
“specified EU provision” means any provision of Regulation 178/2002 or the EU Hygiene Regulations that is specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 and whose subject-matter is described in column 2 of that Schedule.
(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, any expression used both in these Regulations and in Regulation 178/2002 or the EU Hygiene Regulations has the meaning that it bears in Regulation 178/2002 or the EU Hygiene Regulations.
(4) Where any functions under the Act are assigned —
(a)by an order under section 2 or 7 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984(6), to a port health authority;
(b)by an order under section 6 of the Public Health Act 1936(7), to a joint board for a united district; or
(c)by an order under paragraph 15(6) of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Act 1985(8), to a single authority for a metropolitan county,
(b)a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(9),
(6) In these Regulations, any reference to an EU instrument defined in Schedule 1 is a reference to that instrument as any annex to it may be amended from time to time.
4.—(1) The competent authority for the purposes of the EU Hygiene Regulations is the Agency except where it has delegated competences as provided for in those Regulations.
(2) The competent authorities for the purposes of the provisions of Regulation 178/2002 specified in paragraph (3) are the Agency and each food authority in its area or district.
(3) The provisions of Regulation 178/2002 are —
(b)Article 18(2) and (3) (competent authorities to which food business operators must make information available on demand as to the traceability of food); and
(a)the Agency or the food authority in whose area the food business operator carries out the operations shall execute and enforce the Hygiene Regulations in so far as the operator concerned is carrying out primary production and those associated operations listed in paragraph 1 of Part AI of Annex I to Regulation 852/2004 other than the associated operations described in sub-paragraphs (a) and (c) of that paragraph to the extent that they concern wild game; and
(b)the food authority in whose area the food business operator carries out the operations shall execute and enforce the Hygiene Regulations in so far as the operator concerned is carrying out operations which are not executed and enforced by the Agency or the food authority as provided for in sub-paragraph (a).
(a)the Agency shall execute and enforce the Hygiene Regulations in so far as the operator concerned is carrying out operations in relation to —
(ii)a game-handling establishment, or
(iii)a cutting plant;
(b)the Agency or the food authority in whose area the food business operator carries out the operations shall execute and enforce the Hygiene Regulations in so far as the operator concerned is carrying out operations in relation to any establishment that is not specified in sub-paragraph (a).
(b)Schedule 6 in so far as it applies in relation to raw milk intended for direct human consumption other than raw cows’ milk.
(5) The Agency shall execute and enforce these Regulations in relation to the matters regulated by Schedule 6 in so far as it applies in relation to raw cows’ milk intended for direct human consumption.
(6) Each food authority in its area or district shall execute and enforce the provisions of Regulation 178/2002 specified in Schedule 2 and these Regulations in so far as they relate to those provisions.
(7) The Agency shall also execute and enforce Articles 14 and 19 of Regulation 178/2002 and these Regulations in so far as they relate to those Articles as regards relevant food.
(8) In paragraph (7) “relevant food” means food in respect of which the Agency is specified in regulations made pursuant to section 6(4) of the Act or made under the European Communities Act 1972 as being the enforcement authority.
(although lacking the approval or conditional approval that it requires under Article 4(3) of Regulation 853/2004) was, on 31st December 2005, operating as licensed cutting premises under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995(10) or the Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995(11);
(although lacking the approval or conditional approval that it requires under Article 4(3) of Regulation 853/2004) was, on 31st December 2005, operating as a licensed wild game processing facility under the Wild Game Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995(12);
(although lacking the approval or conditional approval that it requires under Article 4(3) of Regulation 853/2004) was, on 31st December 2005, operating as a licensed slaughterhouse under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 or the Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995.
(2) Any person who fails to comply with a hygiene improvement notice commits an offence.
(5) As soon as practicable after the making of an order under paragraph (1) or (4) (in these Regulations referred to as a “hygiene prohibition order”), the enforcement authority shall —
(6) A hygiene prohibition order ceases to have effect —
(8) The court shall give a direction under sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (6) if, on an application by the food business operator, the court thinks it proper to do so having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including in particular the conduct of the food business operator since the making of the order; but no such application shall be entertained if it is made —
(9) Where a magistrates’ court makes an order under paragraph (2) of regulation 8 with respect to any food business, paragraph (1) shall apply as if the food business operator had been convicted by the court of an offence under these Regulations.
(10) Where the commission of an offence by a food business operator leads to the conviction of another person pursuant to regulation 11, paragraph (4) shall apply in relation to that other person as it applies in relation to the food business operator and any reference in paragraph (5) or (8) to the food business operator is to be construed accordingly.
8.—(1) If an authorised officer of an enforcement authority is satisfied that the health risk condition is fulfilled with respect to any food business, the officer may by a notice served on the relevant food business operator (in these Regulations referred to as a “hygiene emergency prohibition notice”) impose the appropriate prohibition.
(2) If a magistrates’ court is satisfied, on the application of such an officer, that the health risk condition is fulfilled with respect to any food business, the court shall, by an order (in these Regulations referred to as a “hygiene emergency prohibition order”), impose the appropriate prohibition.
(3) Such an officer may not apply for a hygiene emergency prohibition order unless, at least one day before the date of the application, the officer has served notice on the relevant food business operator of the intention to apply for the order.
(5) As soon as practicable after the service of a hygiene emergency prohibition notice, an authorised officer of an enforcement authority must affix a copy of the notice in a conspicuous position on such premises used for the purposes of the food business as the officer considers appropriate, and any person who knowingly contravenes such a notice commits an offence.
(7) A hygiene emergency prohibition notice ceases to have effect —
(8) A hygiene emergency prohibition notice or a hygiene emergency prohibition order ceases to have effect on the issue by the enforcement authority of a certificate to the effect that they are satisfied that the food business operator has taken sufficient measures to secure that the health risk condition is no longer fulfilled with respect to the food business.
(10) Where a hygiene emergency prohibition notice is served on a food business operator, the enforcement authority must compensate the operator in respect of any loss suffered by reason of complying with the notice unless —
9.—(1) Where it appears to an authorised officer of an enforcement authority that in respect of an establishment that Article 4(2) of Regulation 853/2004 requires to be approved —
the officer may, by a notice in writing (in these Regulations referred to as a “remedial action notice”) served on the relevant food business operator or duly authorised representative —
(2) A remedial action notice must be served as soon as practicable and must state why it is being served.
(4) An authorised officer of the enforcement authority whose authorised officer served the original remedial action notice must, as soon as satisfied that such action has been taken, withdraw the notice by a further notice in writing served on the food business operator or duly authorised representative.
(5) Any person who fails to comply with a remedial action notice commits an offence.
10.—(1) An authorised officer of an enforcement authority may, at an establishment that Article 4(2) of Regulation 853/2004 requires to be approved, by a notice in writing (in this regulation referred to as a “detention notice”) served on the relevant food business operator or duly authorised representative require the detention of any animal or food for the purpose of examination (including the taking of samples).
(2) An authorised officer of the enforcement authority whose officer served the original detention notice must, as soon as satisfied that the animal or food need no longer be detained, withdraw the notice by a further notice in writing served on the food business operator or duly authorised representative.
(3) Any person who fails to comply with a detention notice commits an offence.
11. Where the commission by any person of an offence under these Regulations is due to the act or default of some other person, that other person commits the offence; and a person may be convicted of the offence by virtue of this regulation whether or not proceedings are taken against the first-mentioned person.
12.—(1) In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations it shall, subject to paragraph (5), be a defence to prove that the person accused (“the accused”) took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence by the accused or by a person under the control of the accused.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), a person accused of an offence of contravening Article 12 or Article 14(1) of Regulation 178/2002 who did not —
(a)prepare the food in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed; nor
(i)the accused carried out all such checks of the food in question as were reasonable in all the circumstances, or
(ii)it was reasonable in all the circumstances for the accused to rely on checks carried out by the person who supplied the accused with that food; and
(4) The requirements of this paragraph are satisfied if the offence is one of placing on the market and it is proved that —
(b)the placing on the market of which the offence consisted was not a placing on the market under the name or mark of the accused; and
(5) If in any case the defence provided by paragraph (1) involves the allegation that the commission of the offence was due to the act or default of another person, or to reliance on information supplied by another person, the accused shall not without leave of the court be entitled to rely on that defence unless —
13. In any proceedings for an offence of contravening or failing to comply with food law it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that —
(a)the item in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed was intended for export to a country that is not a member State and that the item could lawfully be exported there under Article 12 of Regulation 178/2002; or
(b)the item in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed was intended for export to a member State and that —
(i)the legislation applicable to that item in that member State is compatible with the relevant provisions of food law (except in so far as it relates to feed produced for or fed to food producing animals) at EU level, and
(ii)the item complies with that legislation.
14. An authorised officer of an enforcement authority may —
(ii)is found by the officer on or in any premises which the officer is authorised to enter by or under regulation 16;
15.—(1) An authorised officer of an enforcement authority who has procured a sample under regulation 14 shall —
(a)if the officer considers that the sample should be analysed, submit it to be analysed—
(ii)by the public analyst for the area which consists of or includes the area of the authority; and
(4) If, in any case where a sample is proposed to be or is submitted for analysis under this regulation, the food analyst determines that they are for any reason unable to perform the analysis or examination, the sample shall be submitted or, as the case may be, sent by them to such other food analyst as they may determine.
(5) If, in any case where a sample is proposed to be or is submitted for examination under this regulation, the food examiner determines that they are for any reason unable to perform the examination, the sample shall be submitted or, as the case may be, sent by them to such other food examiner as they may determine.
(6) A food analyst or examiner must analyse or examine as soon as practicable any sample submitted or sent to them under this regulation, but may, except where —
(a)the person to whom the sample was submitted or sent is the public analyst for the area in question; and
(7) Any food analyst or examiner who has analysed or examined a sample must give to the person by whom it was submitted a certificate specifying the result of the analysis or examination.
(8) Any certificate given by a food analyst or examiner under paragraph (7) must be signed by the food analyst or examiner, but the analysis or examination may be made by any person acting under their direction.
(9) In any proceedings under these Regulations, the production by one of the parties —
(a)of a document purporting to be a certificate given by a food analyst or examiner under paragraph (7); or
(10) Where two or more public analysts are appointed for any area, any reference in this regulation to the public analyst for that area is to be construed as a reference to either or any of them.
(11) The Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2013(13) apply in relation to a sample procured by an authorised officer of an enforcement authority under regulation 14 as if it were a sample procured by an authorised officer under section 29 of the Act.
(12) The certificate given by a food analyst or examiner under paragraph (7) must be in the form set out in Schedule 3 to the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2013.
16.—(1) An authorised officer of a food authority, on producing, if so required, some duly authenticated document showing authorisation, has a right at all reasonable hours —
(a)to enter any premises within the authority’s area for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is or has been on the premises any contravention of the provisions of the Hygiene Regulations or Regulation 178/2002;
(c)to enter any premises for the purpose of the performance by the authority of their functions under the Hygiene Regulations or Regulation 178/2002,
but admission to any premises used only as a private dwelling-house may not be demanded as of right unless 24 hours’ notice of the intended entry has been given to the occupier.
(2) An authorised officer of the Agency, on producing if so required some duly authenticated document showing authorisation, has a right at all reasonable hours to enter any premises for the purpose of —
(a)ascertaining whether there is or has been on the premises any contravention of the provisions of the Hygiene Regulations or Regulation 178/2002;
(c)the performance by the Agency of its functions under the Hygiene Regulations or Regulation 178/2002,
the justice may by warrant signed by the justice authorise the authorised officer to enter the premises, if need be by reasonable force.
(5) An authorised officer entering any premises by virtue of this regulation, or of a warrant issued under it, may be accompanied by such other persons as the officer considers necessary, and on leaving any unoccupied premises which the officer has entered by virtue of such a warrant must leave them as effectively secured against unauthorised entry as the officer found them.
(8) Any person who enters any premises by virtue of this regulation, or of a warrant issued under it, commits an offence if they disclose to any other person any information obtained on the premises with regard to any trade secret, unless the disclosure was made in the performance of their duty.
(9) Nothing in this regulation authorises any person, except with the permission of the local authority under the Animal Health Act 1981(14), to enter any premises —
17.—(1) Any person who —
(a)intentionally obstructs a person acting in the execution of the Hygiene Regulations or Regulation 178/2002; or
(b)without reasonable cause, fails to give to any person acting in the execution of the Hygiene Regulations or Regulation 178/2002 any assistance or information which that person may reasonably require of them for the performance of their functions under the Hygiene Regulations,
(2) Any person who, in purported compliance with any such requirement as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) —
(a)furnishes information which they know to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
(3) Nothing in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) is to be construed as requiring any person to answer any question or give any information if to do so might incriminate them.
18. No prosecution for an offence under these Regulations which is punishable under paragraph (2) of regulation 19 shall be begun after the expiry of —
19.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (4) to (8), any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the specified EU provisions commits an offence.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a person guilty of an offence under these Regulations is liable —
(3) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 17 is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.
(5) Provided the requirements of Part 1 of Schedule 7 are complied with, a person shall be considered not to have contravened or failed to comply with Article 3(1) or 4(1)(a) of Regulation 853/2004 as read in either case with paragraph 5 of Chapter II of Section I of Annex III to that Regulation (food business operators to ensure that slaughterhouses in which domestic ungulates are slaughtered have lockable facilities for the refrigerated storage of detained meat and separate lockable facilities for the storage of meat declared unfit for human consumption).
(6) Provided the requirements of Part 2 of Schedule 7 are complied with, a person shall be considered not to have contravened or failed to comply with Article 3(1) or 4(1)(a) of Regulation 853/2004 as read in either case with paragraph 5 of Chapter II of Section II of Annex III to that Regulation (food business operators to ensure that slaughterhouses in which poultry or lagomorphs are slaughtered have lockable facilities for the refrigerated storage of detained meat and separate lockable facilities for the storage of meat declared unfit for human consumption).
(7) Provided the requirements of Part 3 of Schedule 7 are complied with, a person shall be considered not to have contravened or failed to comply with Article 3(1) or 4(1)(a) of Regulation 853/2004 as read in either case with paragraph 6 of Chapter II of Section I of Annex III to that Regulation (food business operators to ensure that slaughterhouses in which domestic ungulates are slaughtered have a separate place with appropriate facilities for the cleaning, washing and disinfection of means of transport for livestock unless the competent authority permits them not to have such places and official authorised places and facilities exist nearby).
(8) Provided the requirements of Part 4 of Schedule 7 are complied with, a person shall be considered not to have contravened or failed to comply with Article 3(1) or 4(1)(a) of Regulation 853/2004 as read in either case with paragraph 6(b) of Chapter II of Section II of Annex III to that Regulation (food business operators to ensure that slaughterhouses in which poultry or lagomorphs are slaughtered have a separate place with appropriate facilities for the cleaning, washing and disinfection of means of transport unless officially authorised places and facilities exist nearby).
20.—(1) Where an offence under these Regulations which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of —
that person as well as the body corporate shall be deemed to commit that offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
21. Where an offence under these Regulations which has been committed by a Scottish partnership is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner, that partner as well as the partnership shall be deemed to commit that offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
22.—(1) Any person who is aggrieved by —
may appeal to a magistrates’ court.
(2) The procedure on an appeal to a magistrates’ court under paragraph (1) shall be by way of complaint for an order, and the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 applies to the proceedings.
23. A person who is aggrieved by —
(a)the dismissal by a magistrates’ court of an appeal to it under paragraph (1) of regulation 22; or
24.—(1) On an appeal against a hygiene improvement notice or a remedial action notice, the court may cancel or affirm the notice and, if it affirms it, may do so either in its original form or with such modifications as the court may in the circumstances think fit.
(2) Where any period specified in a hygiene improvement notice pursuant to sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (1) of regulation 6 would otherwise include any day on which an appeal against that notice is pending, that day shall be excluded from that period.
25. Section 9 of the Act (inspection and seizure of suspected food) applies for the purposes of these Regulations with the modification that it shall apply in relation to an authorised officer of an enforcement authority as it applies in relation to an authorised officer of a food authority.
26.—(1) For the guidance of food authorities, the Secretary of State may issue codes of recommended practice as regards the execution and enforcement of the Hygiene Regulations and Regulation 178/2002 and any such code shall be laid before Parliament after being issued.
(3) In exercise of the functions conferred on them by or under the Hygiene Regulations and Regulation 178/2002, every food authority —
(5) The Agency must consult the Secretary of State before making an application under paragraph (4).
(6) Before issuing any code under this regulation, the Secretary of State must have regard to any relevant advice given by the Agency.
27.—(1) An officer of an enforcement authority is not personally liable in respect of any act done by that officer —
(a)in the execution or purported execution of the Hygiene Regulations or Regulation 178/2002; and
if that act was done in the honest belief that the officer’s duty under the Hygiene Regulations or Regulation 178/2002 required or entitled the officer to do it.
(3) Where an action has been brought against an officer of an enforcement authority in respect of an act done by that officer —
(a)in the execution or purported execution of the Hygiene Regulations or Regulation 178/2002; but
the authority may indemnify that officer against the whole or a part of any damages which the officer has been ordered to pay or any costs which the officer may have incurred if they are satisfied that the officer honestly believed that the act complained of was within the scope of the officer’s employment.
(4) A public analyst appointed by a food authority is to be treated for the purposes of this regulation as being an officer of the authority, whether or not the appointment is a whole-time one.
28.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Agency may at any time revoke or suspend —
(2) Where the Agency revokes or suspends a designation or appointment under paragraph (1), the Agency shall, as soon as practicable, give to the person whose designation or appointment has been revoked or suspended a notice in writing of the reasons for the revocation or suspension and shall afford them an opportunity of —
(a)of their right to make representations in writing;
(c)of their right to be heard; and
(d)of the manner in which and the time (not being less than 21 days from the giving of the notice) within which they may apply for an opportunity to be heard.
(4) In the event of the person whose designation or appointment has been revoked or suspended making any representations (whether orally or in writing) under paragraph (3) the Agency must reconsider whether that person is unfit to perform any of the functions of the post held by them under the Hygiene Regulations and shall, as soon as practicable, reconsider its decision to revoke or suspend the designation or appointment under paragraph (1) in the light of those representations.
(5) Where a person requests the opportunity to be heard pursuant to sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) —
(b)the person so nominated must serve a notice on the person who requested the opportunity to be heard and the Agency, informing them of the time (not being less than 21 days from the giving of the notice) of the hearing; and
(c)the person so nominated must, within 21 days of the hearing, notify the person who requested the opportunity to be heard and the Agency of the result of the determination.
(6) The Agency must establish and maintain a list of people who may be nominated for the purposes of this regulation and consult those organisations appearing to it to represent official veterinarians, approved veterinarians and official auxiliaries before including any person on the list.
30.—(1) Any document which is required or authorised under the Hygiene Regulations to be served on a food business operator may be served —
(c)in the case of any other food business operator, by leaving it or sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to the food business operator at the operator’s usual or last known residence.
31. Schedule 3 (bulk transport in sea-going vessels of liquid oils or fats and the bulk transport by sea of raw sugar) has effect.
32. Schedule 4 (temperature control requirements) has effect.
33. Schedule 5 (direct supply by the producer of small quantities of meat from poultry or lagomorphs slaughtered on the farm) has effect.
34. Schedule 6 (restrictions on the sale of raw milk intended for direct human consumption) has effect.
Special health mark
35. The special health mark referred to in paragraph 9 of Chapter VI of Section I of Annex III to Regulation 853/2004 and paragraph 7 of Chapter III of Section I of Annex I to Regulation 854/2004 must conform with Schedule 8.
Consequential amendment to the Act
36. In section 9(5)(a) of the Act(15), after “section 7” insert “, regulation 19(1) of the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013, so far as relating to the second entry in the list of specified EU provisions set out in column 1 of Schedule 2 to those Regulations”.
Amendments to the Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009
37.—(1) The Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009(16) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), for the definition of “the Import Provisions” substitute the following definition —
““the Import Provisions” means Part 3 of these Regulations, Article 14 of Regulation 882/2004 in so far as it applies to official controls to verify compliance with aspects of feed or food law not covered by Directive 97/78/EC(17), Articles 15 to 24 of Regulation 882/2004, Regulation 669/2009 and Commission Regulation (EU) No. 211/2013 on certification requirements for imports into the Union of sprouts and seeds intended for the production of sprouts(18);”.
(3) In regulation 41 (offences and penalties), after paragraph (1) insert the following as paragraph (1A) —
“(1A) Any person who imports into England or places on the market any sprouts or seeds intended for sprouting which do not comply with the certification requirements of Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EU) No. 211/2013 on certification requirements for imports into the Union of sprouts and seeds intended for the production of sprouts shall be guilty of an offence.”.
(4) In paragraphs (5) and (6) of regulation 3, paragraph (d) of Schedule 2 and paragraph (c) of Schedule 3, for the expression “the Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006” substitute “the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013”.
Consequential amendments to the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013
38. The Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013(19) are amended as follows —
(a)In regulation 12(2)(a), for “regulation 5(6) of the Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006” substitute “regulation 5(9) of the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013”;
(b)In regulation 23(8), for “regulation 5(2) of the Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006” substitute “regulation 5(2) of the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013”.
Consequential amendment to the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011
39. In regulation 32(3)(b) of the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011(20), for “the Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006” substitute “the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013”.
40. In so far as they apply in relation to England, the instruments listed in the first column of Schedule 9 are revoked to the extent specified in the second column.
41.—(1) The Food Standards Agency must from time to time —
(a)carry out a review of the operation and effect of regulations 2 to 35;
(2) In carrying out the review the Agency must, so far as is reasonably practicable, have regard to how the EU instruments mentioned in paragraph (2) as read with paragraph (3) of regulation 2 are executed and enforced in other Member States.
Regulation 2(1) and (6)
“Decision 2006/766” means Commission Decision 2006/766/EC establishing the lists of third countries and territories from which imports of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates, marine gastropods and fishery products are permitted(21);
“Directive 2004/41” means Directive 2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing certain directives concerning food hygiene and health conditions for the production and placing on the market of certain products of animal origin intended for human consumption and amending Council Directives 89/662/EEC and 92/118/EEC and Council Decision 95/408/EC(22);
“Regulation 178/2002” means 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 read with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 931/2011 on the traceability requirements set by Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council for food of animal origin(23), and with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 208/2013 on traceability requirements for sprouts and seeds intended for the production of sprouts(24).
“Regulation 852/2004” means Regulation (EC) No. 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs(25), as read with Regulation 2073/2005 and with Commission Regulation (EU) No 210/2013 on the approval of establishments producing sprouts pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(26);
“Regulation 853/2004” means Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin(27), as read with Directive 2004/41, Regulation 1688/2005, Regulation 2074/2005, Regulation 1020/2008 and Regulation 1079/2013;
“Regulation 854/2004” means Regulation (EC) No. 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption(28), as read with Directive 2004/41, Regulation 2074/2005, Regulation 2075/2005, Decision 2006/766, Regulation 1021/2008 and Regulation 1079/2013;
“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(29), as read with Regulation 2074/2005 and Regulation 669/2009;
“Regulation 1688/2005” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1688/2005 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards special guarantees concerning salmonella for consignments to Finland and Sweden of certain meat and eggs(30);
“Regulation 2073/2005” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs(31);
“Regulation 2074/2005” means 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(32);
“Regulation 2075/2005” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2075/2005 laying down specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meat(33);
“Regulation 1020/2008” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1020/2008 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin and Regulation (EC) No. 2076/2005 as regards identification marking, raw milk and dairy products, eggs and egg products and certain fishery products(34);
“Regulation 1021/2008” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1021/2008 amending Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EC) No. 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption and Regulation (EC) No. 2076/2005 as regards live bivalve molluscs, certain fishery products and staff assisting with official controls in slaughterhouses(35);
“Regulation 596/2009” means Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny – Part Four(36) as last amended by Regulation 1169/2011;
“Regulation 669/2009” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 669/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the increased level of official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin and amending Decision 2006/504/EC(37);
“Regulation 1169/2011” means Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No. 1924/2006 and (EC) No. 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 608/2004(38);
“Regulation 28/2012” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 28/2012 laying down requirements for the certification for imports into and transit through the Union of certain composite products and amending Decision 2007/275/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1162/2009(39), as read with Regulation 853/2004.
“Regulation 1079/2013” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 1079/2013 laying down transitional measures for the application of Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(40).
SCHEDULE 2Specified EU provisions
1. Provision of EU Regulations
Article 12 of Regulation 178/2002, as it relates to food Requirement that food exported or re-exported from the EU to third countries must comply with the relevant requirements of food law, except in certain specified circumstances.
Article 14(1) of Regulation 178/2002 Requirement that unsafe food must not be placed on the market.
Article 16 of Regulation 178/2002, as it relates to food Requirement that the labelling, advertising and presentation of food must not mislead consumers.
Article 18(2) and (3) of Regulation 178/2002, as it relates to food business operators Requirement that food business operators must ensure traceability of food, including having systems in place to identify businesses from which they have been supplied and to which they have supplied food.
Article 19 of Regulation 178/2002 Requirement that where there has been a breach of food safety requirements food business operators must, in specified circumstances, recall and/or withdraw the affected food and inform consumers and the competent authorities.
Article 6(1) of Regulation 852/2004 Requirement that food business operators co-operate with the competent authorities in accordance with other applicable EU legislation or national law.
Article 6(2), first paragraph, of Regulation 852/2004 Requirement that a food business operator notify the competent authority of each establishment under its control that carries out any of the stages of production, processing and distribution of food.
Article 6(2), second paragraph, of Regulation 852/2004 Requirement that food business operators ensure that the competent authority has up to date information on establishments.
Requirement that food business operators place products of animal origin manufactured in the Community on the market only if they have been prepared and handled exclusively in establishments —
Requirement that establishments subject to approval in accordance with Article 4(2) do not operate unless the competent authority has, in accordance with Regulation 854/2004 —
Requirement that food business operators do not place on the market a product of animal origin handled in an establishment subject to approval in accordance with Article 4(2) unless it has —
Requirement that food business operators importing products of animal origin shall ensure that —
Article 9 of Regulation 2075/2005 Requirement that food business operators of holdings recognised as free from Trichinella inform the competent authority of any requirement as laid down in Chapter I and II(B) of Annex IV to Regulation 2075/2005 (detailed conditions for Trichinella-free holdings and regions with a negligible Trichinella risk) that is no longer fulfilled or of any other change that might affect holdings’ Trichinella -free status.
Regulations 19(4) and 31
1. A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the requirements of this Schedule commits an offence.
8. The receptacles, containers or tankers referred to in paragraph 7 shall be subject to the following conditions —
13. In fulfilling the obligations under Article 5(1) of Regulation 852/2004 (hazard analysis and critical control points) in relation to the bulk transport of raw sugar by sea under paragraph 7, a food business operator who is responsible for the transport or refining of raw sugar shall —
14.—(1) For the purposes of this Schedule any words or expressions used both in this Schedule and in Commission Directive 96/3/EC or Commission Directive 98/28/EC granting a derogation from certain provisions of Directive 93/43/EEC on the hygiene of foodstuffs as regards the transport by sea of bulk raw sugar shall bear the same meanings as they respectively have in those Directives.
1.—(1) This Schedule does not apply in relation to —
at or in food premises at a temperature above 8°C commits an offence.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to any food which, as part of a mail order transaction, is being conveyed to the final consumer.
3. Sub-paragraphs (1) and (3) of paragraph 2 shall not apply in relation to —
(g)food to which Council Regulation 1907/90 applied.
Upward variation of the 8 degrees centigrade temperature by manufacturers etc.
4.—(1) In any proceedings for an offence consisting of a contravention of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2, it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that —
5.—(1) In any proceedings for an offence consisting of a contravention of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2, it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that the food —
(2) In any proceedings for an offence consisting of a contravention of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2, it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that the food —
(b)was kept at a temperature above 8°C or, in appropriate circumstances, the recommended temperature for an unavoidable reason, such as —
7.—(1) In any proceedings for an offence consisting of a contravention of paragraph 6, it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that —
“Council Regulation 1906/90” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poultry as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1101/98 amending Regulation (EEC) No. 1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poultry meat;
“Council Regulation 1907/90” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1907/90 on certain marketing standards for eggs as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 2052/2003 amending Regulation (EEC) No. 1907/90 on certain marketing standards for eggs;
“recommended temperature” means a specified temperature which has been recommended in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(a)(i) of paragraph 4; and
in relation to food with respect to which an indication of minimum durability is required in accordance with regulation 20 of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996(41) (form of indication of minimum durability), the period up to and including the date required to be included in that indication;
1. The requirements of this Schedule apply in relation to the direct supply by the producer of small quantities of meat from poultry or lagomorphs that have been slaughtered on the farm to the final consumer or to local retail establishments directly supplying such meat to the final consumer.
2.—(1) Where a producer supplies meat in the manner described in paragraph 1, the producer must ensure that it bears a label or other marking clearly indicating the name and address of the farm where the animal from which it is derived was slaughtered.
(2) The producer must —
3. A producer who fails to comply with any requirement of paragraph 2 commits an offence.
1. Any person who sells raw milk intended for direct human consumption in contravention of paragraph 5 commits an offence.
2.—(1) Any person, other than the occupier of a production holding or a distributor, who sells raw cows’ milk intended for direct human consumption commits an offence.
(2) The occupier of a production holding who sells raw cows’ milk intended for direct human consumption in contravention of paragraph 3 commits an offence.
(3) A distributor who sells raw cows’ milk intended for direct human consumption in contravention of paragraph 4 commits an offence.
3. The occupier of a production holding may only sell raw cows’ milk intended for direct human consumption —
(b)to —
(ii)(ii) a temporary guest or visitor to those farm premises as or as part of a meal or refreshment, or
4. A distributor may only sell raw cows’ milk intended for direct human consumption —
(a)which the distributor has bought pursuant to sub-paragraph (b)(iii) of paragraph 3;
(b)in the containers in which the distributor receives the milk, with the fastenings of the containers unbroken;
(d)direct to the final consumer.
5. The raw milk must meet the following standards:
6. In the case where farm premises are being used for the sale of raw cows’ milk intended for direct human consumption pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 3, the Agency shall carry out such sampling, analysis and examination of the milk as it considers necessary to ensure that it meets the standards specified in paragraph 5.
7. In any case where the Agency carries out sampling, analysis and examination of raw cows’ milk in accordance with paragraph 6, there shall be due to the Agency from the occupier of the production holding who is selling the milk a fee of £63, which is payable by the occupier to the Agency on demand.
“distributor” means a person who sells raw cows’ milk that has been produced on a production holding of which he is not the occupier;
“occupier” means any person carrying on the business of producing or handling raw cows’ milk or his duly authorised representative;
SCHEDULE 7Derogations relating to low throughput establishments
PART 1Requirements referred to in regulation 19(5)
1. The requirements are that —
(a)on 31st December 2005 the slaughterhouse was licensed as a low throughput slaughterhouse under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995(42);
(e)no processing for human consumption of bovine animals that, in accordance with point 2 of Part I of Chapter A of Annex III to the EU TSE Regulation, require BSE testing at slaughter or of swine (domestic and farmed game), solipeds and other species susceptible to Trichinosis that, under Article 5 of Regulation 854/2004 as read with point 1 of Part C of Chapter IX of Section IV of Annex I to that Regulation, require that examination for Trichinosis takes place at the slaughterhouse.
2. For the purposes of this Part the “EU TSE Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(43), as read with —
(a)Commission Decision 2007/411/EC prohibiting the placing on the market of products derived from bovine animals born or reared within the United Kingdom before 1 August 1996 for any purpose and exempting such animals from certain control and eradication measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 and repealing Decision 2005/598/EC(44),
(b)Commission Decision 2007/453/EC establishing the BSE status of Member States or third countries or regions thereof according to their BSE risk(45), and
(c)Commission Decision 2009/719/EC authorising certain Member States to revise their annual BSE monitoring programmes(46).
PART 2Requirements referred to in regulation 19(6)
(a)on 31st December 2005 the slaughterhouse was licensed as a low throughput slaughterhouse under the Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995(47);
(d)when meat is transported from the slaughterhouse to the alternative detention facility referred to in paragraph (c), it shall be marked ‘detained meat’ and accompanied by a document that has been signed by the official veterinarian, declares that the meat is detained meat and contains the following information —
PART 3Requirements referred to in regulation 19(7)
PART 4Requirements referred to in regulation 19(8)
(d)the food business operator at the slaughterhouse acknowledges to the official veterinarian that he may be required under animal health rules to cease operating at the slaughterhouse in the event of an animal disease outbreak.
SCHEDULE 8The Special Health Mark
2. When applied to carcases, the special health mark shall measure 5.5 cm by 5.5 cm and contain letters 0.8 cm high and figures 1 cm high. The dimensions and characters of the mark may be reduced for health marking of lamb, kids and piglets.
The Food (Cheese) (Emergency Control) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1277) The whole Order
The Food (Cheese) (Emergency Control) (Amendment) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1284) The whole Order
The Food (Cheese) (Emergency Control) (Amendment) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1673) The whole Order
The General Food Regulations 2004 (S.I.2004/3279) Regulations 3, 4, 5, 6, 6A and 7
The Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/14) The whole Regulations
The Food Hygiene (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/534) The whole Regulations
The Food Hygiene (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1742) The whole Regulations
1. These Regulations revoke and re-enact with some minor changes the Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/14) and certain provisions of the General Food Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3279) as they apply in relation to England.
2. These Regulations provide for the execution and enforcement in England of 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 (OJ No L31, 1.2.2002, p.1), as read with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 931/2011 on the traceability requirements set by Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council for food of animal origin (OJ No. L242, 20.9.2011, p.2), and with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 208/2013 on traceability requirements for sprouts and seeds intended for the production of sprouts (OJ No. L68, 12.3.2013, p.16), (“Regulation 178/2002”).
3. These Regulations also provide for the execution and enforcement of a number of EU instruments defined (in regulation 2(1) as read with Schedule 1) as “the EU Hygiene Regulations”. These are —
(a)Regulation (EC) No. 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs (OJ No. L139, 30.4.2004, p.1), as read with Regulation 2073/2005 and with Commission Regulation (EU) No 210/2013 on the approval of establishments producing sprouts pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
(b)Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (OJ No. L139, 30.4.2004, p.55), as read with Directive 2004/41, Regulation 1688/2005, Regulation 2074/2005, Regulation 1020/2008 and Regulation 1079/2013;
(c)Regulation (EC) No. 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption (OJ No. L139, 30.4.2004, p.206), as read with Directive 2004/41, Regulation 2074/2005, Regulation 2075/2005, Decision 2006/766, Regulation 1021/2008 and Regulation 1079/2013;
(d)Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs (OJ No. L338, 22.12.2005, p.1); and
(e)Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2075/2005 laying down specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meat (OJ No. L338, 22.12.2005, p.60).
4. These Regulations —
(b)provide that the Food Standards Agency is the competent authority for the purposes of the EU Hygiene Regulations except where it has delegated competence as provided for in those Regulations, and that for the purposes of certain specified provisions of Regulation 178/2002 is the Food standards Agency and each food authority in its area or district (regulation 4);
(c)make provision for the execution of these Regulations, the EU Hygiene Regulations and Regulation 178/2002 (regulation 5);
(d)provide for the following enforcement measures to be available in respect of a food business operator —
(i)hygiene improvement notices (regulation 6);
(ii)hygiene prohibition orders (regulation 7);
(iii)hygiene emergency prohibition notices and orders (regulation 8);
(iv)remedial action notices (regulation 9), and
(v)detention notices (regulation 10);
(e)provide that where the commission of an offence under these Regulations is due to the act or default of another person, that other person commits the offence (regulation 11);
(f)provide that in any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations it is a defence for the accused to prove that they took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence (regulation 12);
(g)provide for defences in relation to food that is non-compliant with food law but is destined for export (regulation 13);
(h)provide for the procurement and analysis of samples (regulations 14 and 15);
(i)provide powers of entry for authorised officers of a food authority or the Food Standards Agency (regulation 16);
(j)create the offence of obstructing an officer (regulation 17);
(k)provide a time limit for bringing prosecutions (regulation 18);
(l)provide that anyone who contravenes or fails to comply with specified EU provisions commits an offence (regulation 19(1) and Schedule 2);
(m)provide penalties for offences (regulation 19(2) and (3));
(n)provide that in relation to certain potential contraventions, no offence is committed provided certain conditions are met (regulation 19(4) to (8) and Schedules 3 and 7);
(o)provide that where an offence is committed by a corporate body or a Scottish partnership, officers of that body or partners of that partnership may be deemed to have also committed the offence (regulations 20 and 21);
(p)provide a right of appeal against a decision of an officer of an enforcement authority —
(i)to serve a hygiene improvement notice or a remedial action notice, or
(ii)to refuse to issue a certificate to the effect that the health risk condition no longer exists in relation to the food business concerned (regulation 22);
(q)provide for the application, for the purposes of section 9 of the Food Safety Act 1990, but with a specified modification (regulation 25);
(r)provide that the Secretary of State may issue codes of recommended practice to food authorities (regulation 26);
(s)provide for the protection of officers acting in good faith (regulation 27);
(t)provide for the revocation or suspension of the appointment or designation of specified officials (regulation 28);
(u)provide that when an authorised officer of an enforcement authority has certified that any food has not been produced, processed or distributed in accordance with these Regulations and the EU Hygiene Regulations, it is to be treated for the purposes of section 9 of the Food Safety Act 1990 as failing to comply with food safety requirements (regulation 29); and
(v)make provision for the service of documents (regulation 30).
5. These Regulations, (at regulations 31 to 35) provide that the requirements in the following Schedules have effect —
(a)Schedule 3 (bulk transport in sea-going vessels of liquid oils or fats and the bulk transport by sea of raw sugar);
(b)Schedule 4 (temperature control requirements);
(c)Schedule 5 (the direct supply by the producer of small quantities of meat from poultry or lagomorphs slaughtered on the farm);
(d)Schedule 6 (restrictions on the sale of raw milk intended for direct human consumption); and
(e)Schedule 8 (the special health mark to be applied in the case of animals that have undergone emergency slaughter).
6. These Regulations also —
(a)make a consequential amendment (which extends to Great Britain but applies in England only) to the Food Safety Act 1990 (regulation 36);
(b)amend the Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3255) in order to enforce new EU requirements relating to sprouting seeds (regulation 37);
(c)make consequential amendments to the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013 and the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 (regulations 38 and 39);
(d)revoke specified legislation (regulation 40 and Schedule 9); and
(e)provide that the Food Standards Agency must carry out a periodic review of the operation and effect of these Regulations (regulation 41).
7. A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Food Safety Group of the Food Standards Agency, Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NH and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available at www.legislation.gov.uk.
1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51) and has been amended by section 3(3) of and the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (2008 c.7).
OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny- Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14).
1936 c.49; section 36 is to be read with paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Food Safety Act 1990.
S.I. 1995/539, revoked by S.I. 2005/2059.
S.I. 1995/540, revoked by S.I. 2005/2059
S.I. 1995/2148, revoked by S.I. 2005/2059
S.I. 2013/264.
Section 9(5)(a) was amended by S.I. 2004/3279.
S.I. 2009/3255, amended by S.I. 2013/264.
Council Directive 97/78/EC laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (OJ No. L24, 30.1.1998, p.9).
OJ No. L68, 12.3.2012, p.26.
S.I. 2011/1197.
OJ No. L320, 18.11.2006, p.53. This instrument was last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No.519/2013 (OJ No. L158, 10.6.2013, p.74).
OJ No. L242, 20.9.2011, p.2.
OJ No. L68, 12.3.2013, p.16.
OJ No. L139, 30.4.2004, p.1. The revised text of Regulation (EC) No. 852/2004 is now set out in a Corrigendum (OJ No. L226, 25.6.2004, p.3) which should be read with a further Corrigendum (OJ No. L204, 4.8.2007, p.26).
OJ No. L68, 12.3.2013, p.24.This instrument was last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No.87, 31.3.2009, p.109).
OJ No. L139, 30.4.2004, p.55. The revised text of Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 is now set out in a Corrigendum (OJ No. L226, 25.6.2004, p.22) which should be read with a further Corrigendum (OJ No. L204, 4.8.2007, p.26). This instrument was last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 786/2013 (OJ No. L220, 17.8.2013, p.14).
OJ No. L139, 30.4.2004, p.206. The revised text of Regulation (EC) No. 854/2004 is now set out in a Corrigendum (OJ No. L226, 25.6.2004, p.83) which should be read with a further Corrigendum (OJ No. L204, 4.8.2007, p.26).This instrument was last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 517/2013 (OJ No. L158, 10.6.2013, p.1).
OJ No. L165, 30.4.2004, p.1. The revised text of Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 is now set out in a Corrigendum (OJ No. L191, 28.5.2004, p.1) which should be read with a further Corrigendum (OJ No. L204, 4.8.2007, p.29). This instrument was last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 517/2013 (OJ No. L158, 10.6.2013, p.1).
OJ No. L271, 15.10.2005, p.17.This instrument was last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1223/2011 (OJ No. L314, 29.11.2011, p.12).
OJ No. L338, 22.12.2005, p.1, as read with the Corrigenda at OJ No. L278, 10.10.2006, p.32 and OJ No. L283, 14.10.2006, p.62. This instrument was last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1086/2011 (OJ No. L281, 28.10.2011, p.7).
OJ No. L338, 22.12.2005, p.27. This instrument was last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1012/2012 (OJ No. L306, 6.11.2012, p.1).
OJ No. L338, 22.12.2005, p.60. This instrument was last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1109/2011 (OJ No. L287, 4.11.2011, p.23).
OJ No. L277, 18.10.2008, p.15.
OJ No. L194, 25.7.2009, p.11. This instrument was last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 618/2013 (OJ No. L175, 27.6.2013, p.34).
OJ No. L304, 22.11.2011, p.18.
OJ No. L12, 14.1.2012, p.1.
OJ No. L292, 1.11.2013, p.10.
S.I. 1996/1499, to which there are amendments but none is relevant.
OJ No. L147, 31.5.2001, p.1. This instrument was last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 630/2013 (OJ No. L179, 29.6.2013, p.60).
OJ No. L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 84. This instrument was last amended by Commission Implementing Decision 2012/489/EU (OJ No. L231, 28.8.2012, p.13).
OJ L 256, 29.9.2009, p. 35. This instrument was last amended by Commission Implementing Decision 2013/76/EU (OJ No. L35, 6.2.2013, p.6).
S.I. 1995/540, revoked by S.I. 2005/2059.