Regulation 2 Interpretation

“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;

“authorised lettuce” means lettuce of the kind specified in point 1.3 or in point 1.4 of section 1 of Annex I to the Commission Regulation, which is grown in the United Kingdom in accordance with the proviso to Article 3.1 of the Commission Regulation and is intended for human consumption there;

“authorised spinach” means spinach of the kind specified in point 1.1 of section 1 of Annex I to the Commission Regulation, which is grown in the United Kingdom in accordance with the proviso to Article 3.1 of the Commission Regulation and is intended for human consumption there;

“the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 466/2001 M1 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs as corrected by a corrigendum published on 30th November 2001 M2 and as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 2375/2001 M3, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 221/2002 M4, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 257/2002 M5, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 472/2002 M6 as corrected by a corrigendum published on 23rd March 2002 M7, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 563/2002 M8 as corrected by a corrigendum published on 14th June 2002 M9, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1425/2003 M10, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2174/2003 M11, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 242/2004 M12, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 455/2004 M13 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 684/2004 M14;

“the Community Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 M15 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 amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1642/2003 M16;

“Directive 85/591/EEC” means Council Directive 85/591/EEC concerning the introduction of Community methods of sampling and analysis for the monitoring of foodstuffs intended for human consumption M17;

“Directive 93/99/EEC” means Council Directive 93/99/EEC on the subject of additional measures concerning the official control of foodstuffs M18;

“Directive 98/53/EC” means Commission Directive 98/53/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs M19 as amended by Commission Directive 2002/27/EC M20, Commission Directive 2003/121/EC M21 and Commission Directive 2004/43/EC M22;

“Directive 2001/22/EC” means Commission Directive 2001/22/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and 3–MCPD in foodstuffs M23 as corrected by Commission Decision 2001/873/EC M24;

“Directive 2002/26/EC” means Commission Directive 2002/26/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of ochratoxin A in foodstuffs M25 as amended by Commission Directive 2004/43/EC;

“Directive 2002/69/EC” means Commission Directive 2002/69/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of dioxins and the determination of dioxin–like PCBs in foodstuffs M26 as corrected by a corrigendum published on 20th September 2002 M27 and as amended by Commission Directive 2004/44/EC M28;

“Directive 2003/78/EC” means Commission Directive 2003/78/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of patulin in foodstuffs M29; and

“Directive 2004/16/EC” means Commission Directive 2004/16/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of tin in canned foods M30.