Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Food (Jelly Confectionery) (Emergency Control) (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/931) to implement in relation to England the Commission Decision of 13th April 2004 suspending the placing on the market and import of jelly mini-cups containing the food additives E400, E401, E402, E403, E404, E405, E406, E407, E407a, E410, E412, E413, E414, E415, E417 and / or E418.

These Regulations extend the prohibitions imposed by regulation 3 of S.I. 2002/931 (which relate respectively to the carrying out of commercial operations with regard to jelly confectionery containing the food additive E425 : Konjac and the use of that additive in the manufacture of jelly confectionery) in relation to jelly mini-cups containing the food additives specified in paragraph 1 above (regulation 2(2)(b) and (d) and (4)) and make consequential changes to S.I. 2002/931 in the light of that extension (regulation 2(2)(a), (c) and (d), (3), (5) and (6)).

These Regulations also insert a revised definition of “port health authority” into regulation 2(1) of S.I. 2002/931 (regulation 2(2)(d)).

No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations.