Explanatory note

These Regulations will revoke and replace the Caseins and Caseinates Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986 (S.R. 1986 No. 40) and the Caseins and Caseinates (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990 (S.R. 1990 No. 37).

These Regulations only apply to casein products intended for human consumption (regulation 3).

These Regulations—

1. (a)

   implement Directive (EU) 2015/2203 of the European Parliament and of the council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to caseins and caseinates intended for human consumption and repealing Council Directive 83/417/EEC (OJ No L 314, 101202005 p.1;

2. (b)

   prescribe definitions and standards for certain casein products (regulation 2 and Schedules 1 to 3);

3. (c)

   prohibit the use of any casein or caseinate in the preparation of food if it does not comply with the particular standards (regulation 4 and Schedule 4);

4. (d)

   subject to specified exceptions, prohibit the labelling or advertisement of food with the names of casein products unless the food is or contains a casein product (regulation 5);

5. (e)

   impose additional requirements as to the labelling of casein products (regulation 6);

6. (f)

   impose an obligation on district councils to enforce the Regulations (regulation 7);

7. (g)

   apply certain provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (N.I.7) with modifications. This includes the application (with modifications) of Article 9(1), enabling an improvement notice to be served to require compliance with regulations 4-6. The provisions, as applied, make the failure to comply with an improvement notice an offence (regulation 8 and Schedule 5);

8. (h)

   revoke S.R. 1986 No. 40 and S.R. 1990 No. 37 (regulation 9).