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These Regulations make miscellaneous amendments to the Regulations described below.

Regulation 2 amends the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 to update EU law references.

Regulation 3 amends the Coffee Extracts and Chicory Extracts (Scotland) Regulations 2001 to update EU law references and delete a spent transitional provision.

Regulations 4 and 5 amend the Cocoa and Chocolate Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003 and the Specified Sugar Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003, respectively, to update EU law references and delete spent transitional provisions.

Regulation 6 amends the Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Scotland) Regulations 2003 to update EU law references.

Regulation 7 amends the Jam and Similar Products (Scotland) Regulations 2004 to update EU law references and to make some minor technical amendments.

Regulation 8 amends the Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006 to update EU law references.

Regulation 9 amends the Fishery Products (Official Controls Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 to implement Commission Regulation (EU) No 2017/1973 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 (OJ L 338, 22.12.2005 p.27.).

Regulation 10 amends the Spreadable Fats, Milk and Milk Products (Scotland) Regulations 2008 to update EU law references.

Regulation 11 amends the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (Scotland) Regulations 2013 to implement Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1040/2014 (OJ L 288, 2.10.2014 p.1.) amending Directive 2001/112/EC (OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p.58.), to delete spent transitional provision and to update EU law references.

Regulation 12 amends the Products Containing Meat etc. (Scotland) Regulations 2014 to update EU law references.

Regulation 13 amends the Country of Origin of Certain Meats (Scotland) Regulations 2016 to remove unnecessary provisions.

Food Standards Scotland do not consider that there will be any impact on businesses or local authorities regarding the proposed amendments except in relation to regulation 8 with regard to the mitigation measures and benchmark levels for the reduction of the presence of acrylamide in certain foods (Regulation (EU) No 2017/2158) so a Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has only been carried out in respect of this and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies may be obtained from Food Standards Scotland, Pilgrim House, Old Ford Road, Aberdeen, AB11 5RL.