# The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1 These Regulations further amend the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2790 as previously amended by S.I. 2008/916 and S.I. 2009/205) (“the principal Regulations”) in order to provide for the execution and enforcement of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 450/2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ No. L135, 30.5.2009, p.3) (“Regulation 450/2009”). The Regulations also amend the way import is defined in the principal Regulations.
2 In detail, these Regulations amend the principal Regulations by —
(a) inserting a definition of Regulation 450/2009 (regulation 3(a)(i));
(b) amending the definition of “import” to refer to products which come from outside the European Economic Area (regulation 3(a)(ii));
(c) making it an offence to contravene specified requirements of Regulation 450/2009 (regulation 4), attaching penalties for such an offence (regulation 6), and providing for a defence in certain circumstances (regulation 8);
(d) specifying the competent authorities for the purposes of certain provisions of Regulation 450/2009 (regulation 5);
(e) designating the enforcement authorities for the purposes of certain provisions of Regulation 450/2009 (regulation 7); and
(f) providing that certain provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 apply for the purposes of the enforcement of Regulation 450/2009 (regulation 9).
3 A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact in the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2938/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-amendment-regulations-2009/note
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