The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Amendments to the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1998

3.  In regulation 2 (interpretation) paragraph (1)–

(a)for the definition of “additive” substitute–

““additive” means a substance as defined in paragraph 1 of the general introduction to Annex III to the Directive as read with paragraph 3 of article 4 of the Directive;”;

(b)after the definition of “Council Directive 82/711” insert–

““Council Directive 88/388” means Council Directive 88/388/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to flavourings for use in foodstuffs and to source materials for their production(1) as corrected by a corrigendum dated 14th December 1988(2) and as amended by Commission Directive 91/71(3);

“Council Directive 89/107” means Council Directive 89/107/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning food additives authorised in foodstuffs intended for human consumption(4) as amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 94/34(5);”;

(c)at the end of the definition of “the Directive” insert “and Commission Directive 2004/19/EC”(6);

(d)omit the definition of “EEA Agreement”;

(e)for the definition of “EEA State” substitute ““EEA State” means a Member State (other than the United Kingdom), Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein;”;

(f)after the definition of “EEA State” insert–

“EFSA” means the European Food Safety Authority;”;

(g)after the definition of “preparation” insert–

““the purity Directives” means Commission Directive 95/31/EC laying down specific criteria of purity concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs(7) as amended by Commission Directives 98/66(8), 2000/51(9), 2001/52(10) and 2004/46(11); Commission Directive 95/45/EC laying down purity criteria concerning colours for use in foodstuffs(12) as amended by Commission Directives 1999/75(13), 2001/50(14) and 2004/47(15) and Commission Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria for food additives other than colours or sweeteners(16)as amended by Commission Directives 98/86(17), 2000/63(18), 2001/30(19), 2002/82(20) and 2003/95(21);”;