# The General Food Regulations 2004, Regulation 6: Enforcement

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), each food authority shall enforce and execute the following provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 and these Regulations in its area–
(a) Article 12 in so far as it relates to food;
(b) Article 14;
(c) Article 16 in so far as it relates to food;
(d) Article 18 in so far as it relates to food business operators; and
(e) Article 19.
(2) Each port health authority shall enforce and execute those provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 and these Regulations in its district.
(3) The Agency shall also enforce and execute Articles 14 and 19 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 and these Regulations in so far as they relate to those Articles as regards relevant food.
(4) In paragraph (3) “relevant food” means food in respect of which the Agency is specified in regulations made pursuant to section 6(4) of the Act or made under the European Communities Act 1972 as being the enforcement authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3279/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-food-regulations-2004/regulation-6
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