The Food Safety (Amendment) (Metrication) Regulations 1992

These Regulations may be cited as the Food Safety (Amendment) (Metrication) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 16th November 1992.

The amendments specified in regulations 3 to 8 inclusive of these Regulations shall have effect from and including 1st January 1995.

by substituting in Part II of the Second Schedule to each of those Regulations for the words “grammes”, “milligrammes” and “microgrammes”, wherever they occur therein, the words “grams”, “milligrams” and “micrograms” respectively; and

by adding after paragraph 8 in Part II of the Second Schedule to each of those Regulations the following paragraph—

“9

(1)

Provided that the supplementary indications comprised partly of imperial units of measurement referred to in this Part of this Schedule shall not be used for the purposes of determining the constituent contents of the specified foods to which they relate after 31st December 1994.

(2)

In paragraph (1) above “supplementary indications” has the same meaning as in Council Directive 80/181/EEC, as amended by Council Directive 89/617/EEC, laying down common standards for units of measurement.”.

The Food Hygiene (Markets, Stalls and Delivery Vehicles) Regulations 1966^f1 shall be amended by substituting the words “45.5 centimetres” for the words “eighteen inches” in regulation 7(c) of those Regulations.

The Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1970^f2 shall be amended by substituting the words “45.5 centimetres” for the words “eighteen inches” in regulation 9(c) of those Regulations.

for the definition of “vitamin A” in regulation 2(1) of each of those Regulations the following definition—

• ““vitamin A” means vitamin A present as such or as its esters and includes beta-carotene on the basis that 6 micrograms of beta-carotene or 12 micrograms of other biologically active carotenoids equal 1 microgram of retinol equivalent.”;

for regulation 6(1) in each of those Regulations the following provision—

“(1)

Any margarine sold by retail shall contain in every 100 grams of such margarine—

(a)

not less than 800 micrograms and not more than 1000 micrograms of vitamin A (retinol equivalent), and

(b)

not less than 7.05 micrograms and not more than 8.82 micrograms of vitamin D,

and a proportionate amount in any part of 100 grams.”.

in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “7.5 calories per fluid ounce” there shall be substituted the words “264 kilocalories per litre and 1105 kilojoules per litre”;

in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “1.5 calories per fluid ounce” there shall be substituted the words “53 kilocalories per litre and 221 kilojoules per litre”.

in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “7.5 calories per fluid ounce” there shall be substituted the words “264 kilocalories per litre and 1105 kilojoules per litre”;

in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “1.5 calories per fluid ounce” there shall be substituted the words “53 kilocalories per litre and 221 kilojoules per litre”.