Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations–

• “the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;

• “authorised lettuce” means lettuce of the kind specified in point 1.3 of Section 1 of the Annex to the Commission Regulation, which complies with the conditions of the derogation under Article 7(2) in relation to the United Kingdom;

• “authorised officer” means any person who is authorised in writing, either generally or specifically, by a food authority to act in matters arising under these Regulations;

• “authorised spinach” means spinach of the kind specified in point 1.1 of Section 1 of the Annex to the Commission Regulation, which complies with the conditions of the derogation under Article 7(1) in relation to the United Kingdom; and

• “the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1881/2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs^f1;

Other expressions used in these Regulations and in the Commission Regulation have the same meaning as in the Commission Regulation.

Any reference to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered in the Commission Regulation.