The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999

Consequential amendments

14.—(1) In the following Regulations references to the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995 shall be construed as references to those Regulations as amended by the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1997(1) and these Regulations:

• the Mineral Hydrocarbons in Food Regulations 1966(2)

• the Mineral Hydrocarbons in Food (Scotland) Regulations 1966(3)

• the Specified Sugar Products Regulations 1976(4)

• the Specified Sugar Products (Scotland) Regulations 1976(5)

• the Cocoa and Chocolate Products Regulations 1976(6)

• the Cocoa and Chocolate Products (Scotland) Regulations 1976(7)

• the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars Regulations 1977(8)

• the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (Scotland) Regulations 1977(9)

• the Condensed Milk and Dried Milk Regulations 1977(10)

• the Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Scotland) Regulations 1977(11)

• the Coffee and Coffee Products Regulations 1978(12)

• the Coffee and Coffee Products (Scotland) Regulations 1979(13)

• the Jam and Similar Products Regulations 1981(14)

• the Jam and Similar Products (Scotland) Regulations 1981(15)

• the Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products Regulations 1984(16)

• the Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products (Scotland) Regulations 1984(17)

• the Food Additives Labelling Regulations 1992(18)

• the Food Labelling Regulations 1996(19).

(2) In the Food Additives Labelling Regulations 1992–

(a)there shall be inserted after regulation 6 the following regulation–

“Transitional provision

6A.  In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations in respect of any food additive, it shall be a defence to prove that the food additive concerned was put on the market or labelled before 4th November 2000 and the matter constituting the offence would not have constituted an offence under these Regulations if the amendments made by regulation 14(1) and (2)(b) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999 had not been made when the food additive was put on the market or labelled.”;

(b)in Schedule 1 (categories of food additives) in Part II (supplementary)–

(i)paragraph (s) shall be omitted; and

(ii)in paragraph (t) there shall be inserted at the beginning the words ““flour treatment agent”,” and there shall be inserted after the words “used as a” the words “flour treatment agent,”.

(3) In the Food Labelling Regulations 1996–

(a)in regulation 14(11) (names of ingredients) the words “or in Schedule 3 to the Bread and Flour Regulations” shall be omitted;

(b)in regulation 50 (transitional provision) there shall be inserted at the end the following paragraph–

“(8) In any proceedings for an offence under regulation 44(1)(a) as read with regulation 14(9) and (11), it shall be a defence to prove that the food concerned was prepacked before 4th November 2000 and the matter constituting the offence would not have constituted an offence under these Regulations if the amendment made by regulation 14(3)(a) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999 had not been made when the food was prepacked.”.

(4) In the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998–

(a)in regulation 5 (additional ingredients) there shall be substituted for paragraphs (1) and (2) the following paragraph–

“(1) No person shall use as an ingredient in the preparation of flour or bread any flour bleaching agent.”;

(b)Schedule 3 (ingredients permitted in flour and bread) shall be omitted.