FOOD Title, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Processed Cereal-based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 31st March 1999. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Processed Cereal-based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children Regulations 1997 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 The principal Regulations shall be amended as follows– a in paragraph (2) of regulation 1 (title, commencement and interpretation) after the definition of “baby foods” there shall be inserted the following definition– “the Directive” means Commission Directive 96/5/ EC on processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children as amended by Commission Directive 98/36/EC ; ; b for paragraph (3) of regulation 1 there shall be substituted the following paragraph– 3 Other expressions used in these Regulations and in the Directive have, in so far as the context admits, the same meaning as they bear in the Directive. ; c after paragraph (4) of regulation 1 there shall be inserted the following paragraph– 5 Any requirement in these Regulations, in so far as it relates to compliance with Schedule 2, shall be treated, in the period starting with 31st March 1999 and ending with 31st December 1999, as capable of being satisfied to that extent by compliance with that Schedule either in its entirety or without paragraphs 1.3a, 1.4a and 1.4b. ; d in paragraph (b) of regulation 3 (conditions for the sale of processed cereal-based foods and baby foods), after the words “regulation 5” there shall be added the words “and, if the sale takes place after 31st December 1999, regulation 5A”; e in regulation 5 (manufacture and composition of processed cereal-based foods and baby foods), for paragraph (c) there shall be substituted the following– c which– i contains any added nutritional substance other than a nutritional substance specified in Schedule 4; or ii if manufactured with a view to sale after 31st December 1999, contains any added nutrient in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 6 in an amount exceeding the maximum limit specified opposite that substance in column 2 of that Part; or ; f after regulation 5 there shall be inserted the following regulation– Maximum limits for added nutrients for specified foods 5A No person shall, with a view to sale after 31st December 1999, manufacture any processed cereal-based food or baby food specified in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 6 which contains any added nutrient specified opposite that food in column 2 of that Part in an amount exceeding the maximum limit specified opposite that food in column 3 of that Part. ; g in paragraph (1) of regulation 6 (penalties), for the words “regulation 3, 4 or 5” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 3, 4, 5 or 5A”; h for paragraph (1)(b) of regulation 8 (defence in relation to exports) there shall be substituted the following paragraph– b that the legislation complies with the provisions of the Directive in the case of export to an EEA State ; i in Schedule 2 (essential composition of baby foods for infants and young children)– i after paragraph 1.3 there shall be inserted the following– 1.3a If cheese is mentioned together with other ingredients in the name of a savoury product, whether or not the product is presented as a meal, then: the protein from the dairy sources shall not be less than 0.5 g/100 kJ (2.2 g/100 kcal), the total protein in the product from all sources shall not be less than 0.7 g/100 kJ (3 g/100 kcal). ; and ii after paragraph 1.4 there shall be inserted the following– 1.4a Sauces presented as an accompaniment to a meal are exempt from the requirements of paragraph 1.1 to 1.4 above. 1.4b Sweet dishes that mention dairy products as the first or only ingredient in the name shall contain not less than 2.2 g dairy protein/100 kcal. All other sweet dishes are exempt from the requirements in paragraph 1.1 to 1.4 above. ; and j after Schedule 5 (reference values for nutrition labelling for foods intended for infants and young children) there shall be inserted the contents of the Schedule to these Regulations. Jeff Rooker Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1st February 1999 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Tessa Jowell Minister of State for Public Health, Department of Health 2nd February 1999 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 4th February 1999 Sam Galbraith Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 8th February 1999