The Colours in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000
S.I. 2000/481 · Made 17 February 2000
FOOD, ENGLAND
Made 17th February 2000
Laid before Parliament 29th February 2000
Coming into force 30th June 2000
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, acting jointly in relation to England, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6(4), 16(1)(a) and (e), 17(1), 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of that Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the following Regulations:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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1990 c. 16; “the Ministers” is defined in relation to England and Wales in section 4(1) of the Act. Section 6(4)(a) of the Act was amended by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40), Schedule 9, paragraph 6. Functions were transferred, in relation to Wales, to the National Assembly for Wales by S.I. 1999/672 and, by virtue of S.I. 1999/3141, functions of the Secretary of State for Wales ceased to be exercisable in relation to England.
Contents
- 1Title, commencement, extent and interpretation
- 2Amendment of the principal Regulations
- 3Consequential provision
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Title, commencement, extent and interpretation
These Regulations may be cited as the Colours in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000, shall come into force on 30th June 2000 and shall apply to England.
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Colours in Food Regulations 1995f1.
2Amendment of the principal Regulations
The principal Regulations, in so far as they apply to England, shall be amended by the addition, at the end of the definition of “Directive 95/45/EC ” in regulation 2(1), of the words “, as amended by Directive 1999/75/ECf1”.
3Consequential provision
References to the principal Regulations in the provisions listed in paragraph (2) below shall, in so far as those provisions apply to England, be taken to be references to the principal Regulations as amended by these Regulations.
The provisions to which paragraph (1) above refers are–
the definition of “permitted colour” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Jam and Similar Products Regulations 1981f1;
the definition of “additive” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products Regulations 1984f2;
the definition of “colour” in Part II of Schedule 1 (categories of food additives) to the Food Additive Labelling Regulations 1992f3;
the definition of “colour” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995f4; and
the definition of “the additives Regulations” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996f5.
Signature
Hayman
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
14th February 2000
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Gisela Stuart
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
17th February 2000
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which apply only to England, amend the Colours in Food Regulations 1995 by bringing up to date a reference to Commission Directive 95/45/EC laying down specific criteria concerning colours for use in foodstuffs (O.J. No. L226, 22.9.95, p. 1), so as to cover its amendment by Commission Directive 1999/75/EC (O.J. No. L206, 5.8.1999, p. 19), which changed the specification for “E160a(i) Mixed Carotenes”, and by bringing up to date references to the 1995 Regulations in other Regulations.
No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations.