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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND


2007 No. 352

FOOD

The Food (Suspension of the Use of E 128 Red 2G as Food Colour) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

  Made 2nd August 2007 
  Coming into operation 3rd August 2007 

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety[1] makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 [2] as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to that Act.

     The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food [3].

     These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety that it is expedient for any reference to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 884/2007 on emergency measures suspending the use of E 128 Red 2G as food colour[4] to be construed as a reference to that Regulation as amended from time to time.

Citation and commencement
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Food (Suspension of the Use of E 128 Red 2G as Food Colour) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007, and come into operation on 3rd August 2007.

Interpretation
    
2. —(1) In these Regulations—

    (2) In these Regulations any reference to the Commission Regulation is a reference to the Commission Regulation as amended from time to time.

    (3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954[
5] shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland) Assembly.

Suspension of activities involving the colour E128 Red 2G
     3. —(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Colours in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996[6] any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the following provisions of the Commission Regulation shall be guilty of an offence—

    (2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.

Enforcement
     4. It shall be the duty of each district council to enforce and execute these Regulations within its district.

Application of various provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991
    
5. The following provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991[7] shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the modification that any reference in those provisions to that Order or Part thereof shall be construed as a reference to these Regulations —



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on


2nd August 2007.

L.S.


Dr Andrew McCormick
A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations provide for the execution and enforcement of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 884/2007 on emergency measures suspending the use of E 128 Red 2G as food colour (OJ No. L195, 27.7.2007, p.8).

By virtue of European Parliament and Council Directive 94/36/EC (OJ No. L237, 10.9.1994, p.13, as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council, OJ No. L284, 31.10.2003, p.1), the colour E 128 Red 2G is legally authorised for use in all member States. That Directive has been implemented by the Colours in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No.49, as amended). However, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 884/2007 suspends with immediate effect the use of the colour E 128 Red 2G in food and the placing on the market and the import of food containing the colour E 128 Red 2G.

These Regulations—


Notes:

[1] Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) Article 3(6)back

[2] 1972 c. 68; paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51)back

[3] SI 2003/2901back

[4] OJ No. L195/8back

[5] 1954 c.33 (N.I.)back

[6] S.R.1996 No.49 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulationsback

[7] S.I. 1991/762 (N.I.7) as amended by S.I. 1996/1663 (N.I.12), paragraphs 26 to 42 of Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999 c.28 and S.R. 2004 No.482 and S.R. 2004 No.505back

[8] Article 20 was amended by S.R. 2004 No.505back

[9] Article 32(3) was amended by S.R. 2004 No.505back



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