Paragraph
England and Wales
“relevant food law” means —
- (a)
food law in so far as it applies in relation to food, except in so far as it involves —
- (i)
the regulation of residues of veterinary medicines and other substances under the Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations 1997 F1,
- (ii)
the regulation of residues of pesticides under the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (England and Wales) Regulations 2008 F2,
- (iii)
F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (iv)
F4the application of the rules on quality schemes which provide the basis for the identification and protection of names and terms that indicate or describe agricultural products with value-adding characteristics laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs,
- (v)
the regulation of organic products under the Organic Products Regulations 2009 F5,
- (vi)
the regulation of beef and veal labelling under the Beef and Veal Labelling Regulations 2008 F6,
- (vii)
the regulation of the import of and trade in products of animal origin —
- (aa)
under the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1996 F7, with the exception of the execution and enforcement of regulation 3 thereof by the Agency,
- (bb)
under the Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (England) Regulations 2006 F8, with the exception of the execution and enforcement of regulation 5 thereof by the Agency;
- (viii)
the matters regulated under Schedule 2 to the F9Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018 in so far as that Schedule applies in relation to animals slaughtered for human consumption, together with the matters covered under point 2 of Part I and point 2 of Part II of Chapter A of Annex III to Regulation 999/2001 as read with Commission Decision 2009/719/EC authorising certain Member States to revise their annual BSE monitoring programmes F10 in so far as those points apply in relation to animals slaughtered for human consumption; and
- (ix)
the regulation of spirit drinks under the Spirit Drinks Regulations 2008 F11;
- (i)
- (b)
food law in so far as it applies in relation to materials and articles in contact with food; and
- (c)
food law in so far as it involves the regulation of primary production and those associated operations listed in point 1 of Part AI of Annex I to Regulation 852/2004 under F12the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013.
- (a)
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S.I. 1997/1729, amended by S.I. 2001/3590, S.I. 2004/147, and S.I. 2006/755.
- F2
- F3
Words in Sch. 3 omitted (1.1.2019) by virtue of The Quality Schemes (Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1275), regs. 1, 25(2)(a)
- F4
Words in Sch. 3 substituted (1.1.2019) by The Quality Schemes (Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1275), regs. 1, 25(2)(b)
- F5
S.I. 2009/842.
- F6
S.I. 2008/3252.
- F7
S.I. 1996/3124, amended by S.I. 1997/3023, S.I. 1998/994, S.I. 1999/683, S.I. 2000/225, S.I. 2000/656, S.I. 2000/790, S.I. 2000/2215, S.I. 2001/1553, S.I. 2001/1640, S.I. 2001/3399, S.I. 2002/889, S.I. 2003/3003 and S.I. 2003/3177.
- F8
S.I. 2006/2841, amended by S.I. 2007/1605, S.I 2008/3230 and S.I. 2009/875.
- F9
Words in Sch. 3 substituted (19.7.2018) by The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/731), regs. 1(1), 21(1)
- F10
OJ No. L256, 29.9.2009, p.35.
- F11
- F12
Words in Sch. 3 substituted (31.12.2013) by The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2996), regs. 1(1)(c), 37(4) (with reg. 1(2))
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
- F1
1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51).
- F2
S.I. 2003/2901.
- F3
S.I. 1972/1811.
- F4
S.I. 1999/2027.
- F5
OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny – Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14).