{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-contaminants-in-food-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-21",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2019/9780111180075",
  "legislation_title": "The Contaminants in Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-contaminants-in-food-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Amendment of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1881/2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs",
  "text": "In Article 7(6)—\n(a) in the first subparagraph for “Ireland, Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom may authorise the placing on their market of traditionally smoked meat and smoked meat products, smoked in their territory and intended for consumption in their territory with levels of PAHs” substitute “the placing on the market of traditionally smoked meat and smoked meat products, smoked in the United Kingdom and intended for consumption in the United Kingdom is, subject to any decision to the contrary by the appropriate authority, authorised where the levels of PAH are ”;\n(b) in the second subparagraph for “Those Member States shall” substitute “The Food Safety Authority may”;\n(c) After the third subparagraph insert—\n“In this Article—\n“Food Safety Authority” means—\n(a) as regards England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Food Standards Agency;\n(b) as regards Scotland, Food Standards Scotland;\n“appropriate authority” means—\n(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;\n(b) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;\n(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;\n(d) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Health.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111180075/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:01:05.749038+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}