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The Processed Cereal-based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children (England) Regulations 2003

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Title, application and commencement

  3. 2.Interpretation

  4. 3.Exemption

  5. 4.Restrictions on the sale of processed cereal-based foods and baby foods

  6. 5.General requirements as to manufacture and composition

  7. 6.Added nutritional substances and nutrients

  8. 7.Pesticide residues

  9. 8.Labelling

  10. 9.Enforcement

  11. 10.Offence and penalty

  12. 10A.Application of the improvement notice provisions of the Act

  13. 11.Defence in relation to exports

  14. 12.Application of various provisions of the Act

  15. 13.Revocations

  16. 14.Amendment

  17. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      PROCESSED CEREAL-BASED FOODS

      1. PART I Categories of processed cereal-based foods

        1. 1.Simple cereals which are or have to be reconstituted with...

        2. 2.Cereals with an added high protein food which are or...

        3. 3.Pastas which are to be used after cooking in boiling...

        4. 4.Rusks and biscuits which are to be used either directly...

      2. PART II Essential composition of processed cereal-based foods

        2. Cereal content

          1. 1.(1) Processed cereal-based foods are prepared primarily from one or...

        3. Protein

          1. 2.(1) For products mentioned in paragraphs 2 and 4 of...

        4. Carbohydrates

          1. 3.(1) If sucrose, fructose, glucose, glucose syrups or honey are...

        5. Fat

          1. 4.(1) For products mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 4 of...

        6. Minerals

          1. 5.(1) Sodium (i) Sodium salts may only be added to...

        7. Vitamins

          1. 6.(1) For processed cereal-based foods the amount of thiamin shall...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      AMINO ACID COMPOSITION OF CASEIN

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      ESSENTIAL COMPOSITION OF BABY FOODS

      2. Protein

        1. 1.(1) If meat, poultry, fish, offal or other traditional source...

      3. Carbohydrates

        1. 2.The quantities of total carbohydrates present in fruit and vegetable...

      4. Fat

        1. 3.(1) For products referred to in paragraph 1(1) if meat...

      5. Sodium

        1. 4.(1) The final sodium content in the product shall be...

      6. Vitamins

        1. 5.(1) Vitamin C— In a fruit juice, nectar, or vegetable...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES

      1. Vitamins

        1. 1.Vitamin A Retinol Retinyl acetate Retinyl palmitate Beta-carotene Vitamin D...

      2. Amino acids

        1. 2.L-arginine} L-cystine} L-histidine} and their hydrochlorides L-isoleucine} L-leucine} L-lysine} L-cysteine}...

      3. Others

        1. 3.Choline Choline chloride Choline citrate Choline bitartrate Inositol L-carnitine L-carnitine...

      4. Salts of minerals and trace elements

        1. 4.Calcium Calcium carbonate Calcium chloride Calcium salts of citric acid...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      MAXIMUM LIMITS FOR VITAMINS, MINERALS AND TRACE ELEMENTS, IF ADDED, IN PROCESSED CEREAL-BASED FOODS AND BABY FOODS

      1. PART I General

      2. PART II Specified foods

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      PESTICIDES WHOSE RESIDUES MUST NOT BE PRESENT IN PROCESSED CEREAL-BASED FOODS OR BABY FOODS AT A LEVEL EXCEEDING 0.003 mg/kg

      1. Chemical name

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      SPECIFIC MAXIMUM RESIDUE LEVELS OF CERTAIN PESTICIDES IN PROCESSED CEREAL-BASED FOODS OR BABY FOODS

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      REFERENCE VALUES FOR NUTRITION LABELLING FOR FOODS INTENDED FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      Modification of the improvement notice provisions of the Act

      1. PART 1 Modification of section 10(1)

        1. 1.For section 10(1) (improvement notices) substitute— (1) If an authorised...

      2. PART 2 Modification of section 32(1)

        1. 2.For paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 32(1) (powers of...

        2. 3.Section 32(9) does not apply.

      3. PART 3 Modification of section 35 (punishment of offences)

        1. 4.In section 35, after subsection (1A), insert—

      4. PART 4 Modification of section 37(1) and (6)

        1. 5.For section 37(1) (appeals) substitute— (1) Any person who is...

        2. 6.Section 37(2) does not apply.

        3. 7.For section 37(3) substitute— (3) The appeals procedure under the...

        4. 8.For section 37(5) substitute– (5) The notice of appeal period...

        5. 9.In section 37(6)— (a) for “(3) or (4)” substitute “...

      5. PART 5 Modification of section 39(1) and (3)

        1. 10.For section 39(1) (appeals against improvement notices) substitute—

        2. 11.in section 39(3), omit “for want of prosecution”.

  19. Explanatory Note

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