Regulation 5 Controls on contaminants in foodI1

Scotland

(1)

Subject to the transitional arrangements contained in—

(a)

Article 11 of Regulation 1881/2006;

(b)

Article 2 of Regulation 629/2008; or

(c)

Article 2 of Regulation 165/2010,

a person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the F1... provisions specified in paragraph (2) is guilty of an offence.

(2)

The ... provisions are—

(a)

Article 1(1) of Regulation 1881/2006 (prohibition on the placing on the market of certain foodstuffs containing contaminants in excess of prescribed limits), as read with—

(i)

Article 1(2) (maximum levels applying to edible part of food unless otherwise specified in the Annex);

(ii)

Article 2 (provisions relating to the application of maximum levels to dried, diluted, processed and compound foodstuffs);

(iii)

Article 4 (specific provisions for groundnuts, other oilseeds, tree nuts, dried fruit, rice and maize); and

(iv)

the Annex;

(b)

Article 3 of Regulation 1881/2006 (prohibitions on use, mixing and detoxification);

(c)

Article 5 of Regulation 1881/2006 (specific labelling requirements for groundnuts, derived products thereof and cereals); and

(d)

Article 1(1) of Regulation 124/2009 (prohibitions on marketing or mixing foods containing coccidiostats or histomonostats at levels in excess of prescribed limits), as read with Article 1(2) (provisions relating to the application of maximum levels to dried, diluted, processed and compound foodstuffs).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 5 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Food and Feed Safety and Hygiene (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/52), regs. 1(1), 12(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 5 in force at 1.10.2013, see reg. 1