Safety Regulations (Amendment) Regulations, 2018

L.N.103 of 2018

FOOD SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 449)

Enforcement of Various European Union Regulations on Food

Safety Regulations (Amendment) Regulations, 2018

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

Safety Act, the Minister for health, has made the following

regulations:-

The title of these regulations is Enforcement of various

European Union Regulations on Food Safety (Amendment)

Regulations, 2018, and these regulations shall be read and construed as

one with the Enforcement of various European Union Regulations on

Food Safety, Regulations hereinafter referred to as "the principal

regulations".

Regulation 3.6a. of the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following

"3.6a. Regulation (EU) No. 2015/2283 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of the 25 th November 2015 on

novel foods, amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the

European Parliament and of the Council and repealing

Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of

the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001".

Regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following

"4. (1) Any person who violates the provisions of the

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 regulations of the European Union.

(2) The penalties mentioned in Article 29 of Regulation

(EU) No. 2015/2283 refer to those as given in article 43(1), (2),

(3)(a) and (b) of Food Safety Act.".

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