Regulations, 2010

L.N. 475 of 2010

FOOD SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 449)

Enforcement of European Union Legislation for the

Importation of Foodstuffs from Non EU Member States

Regulations, 2010

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 10 of

the Food Safety Act, the Minister for Health, the Elderly and

Community Care has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Enforcement of

European Union Legislation for the Importation of Foodstuffs from

Non EU Member States Regulations, 2010.

In these regulations, “the Act” means the Food Safety

Act.

These regulations apply to the following European Union

legislation

(a) Commission Decision of 8 June 2010 repealing

Decision 2006/601/EC on emergency measures regarding

the non-authorised genetically modified organism ‘LL RICE

601’ in rice products, and providing for random testing for

the absence of that organism in rice products (Commission

Decision 2010/315/EU);

(b) Commission Decision of 20 December 2007

approving the pre-export checks carried out by the United

States of America on peanuts and derived products thereof

as regards the presence of aflatoxins (Commission Decision

2008/47/EC);

(c) Commission Decision of 3 April 2008 on emergency

measures regarding the unauthorised genetically modified

organism ‘Bt 63’ in rice products (Commission Decision

2008/289/EC);

(d) Commission Regulation (EU) No 258/2010 of 25

March 2010 imposing special conditions on the imports of

guar gum originating in or consigned from India due to

contamination risks by pentachlorophenol and dioxins, and

repealing Decision 2008/352/EC;

(e) (i) Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2009

of 24 July 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 882/2004

of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards

the increased level of official controls on imports of certain

feed and food of non-animal origin and amending Decision

2006/504/EC; and

(ii) Commission Regulation (EU) No 212/2010 of

12 March 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 669/2009

implementing Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the

European Parliament and of the Council as regards the

increased level of official controls on imports of certain

feed and food of non-animal origin;

(iii) Commission Regulation (EU) No 878/2010

of 6 October 2010 amending Annex I to Regulation

(EC) No 669/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No

882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council

as regards the increased level of official controls on

imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin

(f) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1135/2009 of 25

November 2009 imposing special conditions governing the

import of certain products originating in or consigned from

China, and repealing Commission Decision 2008/798/EC;

(g) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1151/2009 of

27 November 2009 imposing special conditions governing

the import of sunflower oil originating in or consigned

from Ukraine due to contamination risks by mineral oil and

repealing Decision 2008/433/EC; and

(h) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1152/2009 of 27

November 2009 imposing special conditions governing the

import of certain foodstuffs from certain third countries due

to contamination risk by aflatoxins and repealing Decision

2006/504/EC.

Any person who violates the provisions of the

Decisions and Regulations of the European Union to which

these regulations apply shall be guilty of an offence against

these regulations and the provisions of the Act concerning the

violation of the provisions of regulations made under the Act shall

apply to the violation of the said European Union Decisions and

Regulations.

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