Honey (Amendment) Regulations, 2015

L.N. 242 of 2015

FOOD SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 449)

Honey (Amendment) Regulations, 2015

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 10 of the Food

Safety Act, the Parliamentary Secretary for Health has made the

following regulations:-

1 The title of these regulations is the Honey (Amendment)

Regulations, 2015 and these regulations shall be read and construed

as one with the Honey Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the

principal regulations".

1.2 These regulations implement the provisions of Directive

2014/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council amending

Council Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey.

1.3 These regulations shall be deemed to have come into force

on 24th June, 2015 provided that

1.3.1 Products falling within the scope of these

regulations which do not conform with these regulations but

which conform with the provisions of the principal regulations

may be placed on the market until the 24th June 2015.

1.3.2 Products falling within the scope of these

regulations which do not conform with these regulations but

which conform with the provisions of the principal regulations

and which were labelled before 24th June 2015, may continue to

be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be amended

as follows

(a)

sub-regulation 4.4 thereof shall be substituted by the

following

"4.4 The country or countries of origin where the

honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the label.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this sub-

regulation, if the honey originates in more than one

Member State or in a third country, the indication of the

countries of origin may be replaced by one of the

following, as appropriate

-

"blend of EU honeys",

-

"blend of non-EU honeys",

-

"blend of EU and non-EU honeys."; and

(b)

immediately after sub-regulation 4.6 thereof there

shall be added the following new sub-regulation

"4.7 Pollen, being a natural constituent particular

to honey, shall not be considered to be an ingredient,

within the meaning of point (f) of Article 2(2) of

Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European

Parliament and of the Council ( * ), of the products defined

in the First Schedule.".

Regulation 5 of the principal regulations shall be Substitutes

regulation 5 of

substituted byb the following

the principal

regulations.

"5. For the purposes of the second paragraph of Article

9 of Council Directive 2001/110/EC, verification of compliance

of honey with the provisions of these regulations shall be

carried out using the methods adopted by the European

Commission, which may, taking into account international

standards and technical progress, by means of implementing

acts that are in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 882/2004

of the European Parliament and of the Council ( ** ), set out

methods of analysis to verify whether honey is compliant with

the provisions of Directive 2001/110/EC. Until the adoption of

such methods, whenever possible, internationally recognised

validated methods of analysis shall be utilised, such as those

approved by the Codex Alimentarius, to verify compliance with

the provisions of Council Directive 2001/110/EC.".

Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25

October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending

Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament

and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council

Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of

the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and

2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p.

18).

** Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29

April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with

feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1).

The third paragraph of the Second Schedule to the

Amends the

Second

principal regulations shall be substituted by the following

Schedule to the

principal

regulations.

"Without prejudice to paragraph 2(b)(viii) of the First

Schedule, neither pollen nor any other constituent particular to

honey, may be removed except where this is unavoidable in the

removal of foreign inorganic or organic matter.".

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11.2011, p. 18).

** Ir-Regolament (KE) Nru 882/2004 tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsill tad-29 ta’

April 2004 dwar il-kontrolli uffiċjali mwettqa biex tiġi żgurata l-verifika tal-

konformità mal-liġi alimentari u tal-ikel, is-saħħa tal-annimali u mar-regoli tal-

benesseri tal-annimali (ĠU L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1).

4. It-tielet paragrafu tat-Tieni Skeda li tinsab

mar- Jemenda t-Tieni

Skeda li tinsab

regolamenti prinċipali għandu jiġi sostitwit b’dam li ġej

mar-regolamenti

prinċipali.

"Mingħajr preġudizzju għall-paragrafu 2(b)(viii) tal-

Ewwel Skeda, la pollen u lanqas xi kostitwent partikolari għall-

għasel, ma jista’ jitneħħa ħlief fejn dan hu inevitabbli fit-

tneħħija ta’ materjal inorganiku jew organiku.".