Article 3 Definitions
United Kingdom
For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions laid down in Directive 88/388/EEC and Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 shall apply.
The following definitions shall also apply:
- 1..
‘primary smoke condensate’ shall refer to the purified water-based part of condensed smoke and shall fall within the definition of ‘smoke flavourings’;
- 2..
‘primary tar fraction’ shall refer to the purified fraction of the water-insoluble high-density tar phase of condensed smoke and shall fall within the definition of ‘smoke flavourings’;
- 3..
‘primary products’ shall refer to primary smoke condensates and primary tar fractions;
- 4..
‘derived smoke flavourings’ shall refer to flavourings produced as a result of the further processing of primary products and which are used or intended to be used in or on foods in order to impart smoke flavour to those foods.
- 5..
F1“Authority” means—
- (a)
as regards England and Wales, the Food Standards Agency;
- (b)
as regards Scotland, Food Standards Scotland
- (a)
- 6..
“prescribe”, means prescribe by regulations;
- 7..
“appropriate authority” means—
- (a)
in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
- (b)
in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
- (c)
in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
- (a)
- 8..
F2...
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Art. 3(5)-(8) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/860), regs. 1, 12 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 18(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Art. 3(8) omitted (1.4.2025) by virtue of The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 20(3) (with reg. 23)