ENFORCEMENT OF VARIOUS EUROPEAN UNION REGULATIONS ON FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 449.56

ENFORCEMENT OF VARIOUS EUROPEAN UNION

REGULATIONS ON FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS

16th September, 2008

LEGAL NOTICE 226 of 2008,as amended by Legal Notice 103 of 2018.

The title of these regulations is the Enforcement of various

European Union Regulations on Food Safety Regulations.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,

"Act" mean the Food Safety Act.

These regulations apply to the following European Union

regulations

3.1 Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament

and 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.

3.2 a.

Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002

laying down the general principles and requirements of

food law, establishing the European Food Safety

Authority and laying down procedures in matters of

food safety;

b.

Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European

Parliament and the Council of 29 April 2004 on the

hygiene of foodstuffs.

3.3 a.

Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/93 of 8 February

1993 laying down Community procedures for

contaminants in food;

b.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 of 19

December 2006 setting maximum levels for certain

contaminants in foodstuffs;

c.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2007 of 28

September 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/

2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants

in foodstuffs as regards Fusarium toxins in maize and

maize products;

d.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 565/2008 of 18 June

2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 setting

maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs

as regards the establishment of a maximum level for

dioxins and PCBs in fish liver;

e.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 629/2008 of 2 July

2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 setting

maximum levels for certain contaminants in

ENFORCEMENT OF VARIOUS EUROPEAN UNION

REGULATIONS ON FOOD SAFETY

foodstuffs.

3.4 a.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 401/2006 of 23

Methods of

sampling and

February 2006 laying down the methods of sampling

analysis for the

and analysis for the official control of the levels of

official control of

mycotoxins in foodstuffs;

certain

contaminants in

b.

Commission Decision of 12 July 2006 No. 2006/504/

foodstuffs.

EC on special conditions governing certain foodstuffs

imported from certain third countries due to

contamination risks of these products by aflatoxins;

c.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1882/2006 of 19

December 2006 laying down methods of sampling and

analysis for the official control of the levels of nitrates

in certain foodstuffs;

d.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1883/2006 of 19

December 2006 laying down methods of sampling and

analysis for the official control of levels of dioxins and

dioxin-like PCBs in certain foodstuffs;

e.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 of 28

March 2007 laying down the methods of sampling and

analysis for the official control of the levels of lead,

cadmium, mercury, inorganic tin, 3-MCPD and

benzo(a)pyrene in foodstuffs.

3.5 a.

Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 of the European

Food flavouring.

Parliament and of the Council of 28 October 1996

laying down a Community procedure for flavouring

substances used or intended for use in or on foodstuffs;

b.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2000 of 18 July

2000 laying down the measures necessary for the

adoption of an evaluation programme in application of

Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 of the European

Parliament and of the Council;

c.

Commission Regulation No 622/2002 of 11 April 2002

establishing deadlines for the submission of

information for the evaluation of chemically defined

flavouring substances used in or on foodstuffs;

d.

Commission Regulation No 2065/2003 of the

European Parliament and of the Council of 10

November 2003 on smoke flavourings used or

intended for use in or on foods;

e.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 627/2006 of 21 April

2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 of

the European Parliament and of the Council as regards

quality criteria for validated analytical methods for

sampling, identification and characterisation of

primary smoke products.

3.6 a.

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

Novel food.

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;

b.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 of 31

March 2004 concerning the labelling of foods and food

ingredients with added phytosterols, phytosterol

esters, phytostanols and/or phytostanol esters.

3.7 a.

Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003

on genetically modified food and feed;

b.

Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003

concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically

modified organisms and the traceability of food and

feed products produced from genetically modified

organisms and amending Directive 2001/18/EC;

c.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 65/2004 of 14

January 2004 establishing a system for the

development and assignment of unique identifiers for

genetically modified organisms;

d.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2004 of 6 April

2004 on detailed rules for the implementation of

Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European

Parliament and of the Council as regards the

application for the authorisation of new genetically

modified food and feed, the notification of existing

products and adventitious or technically unavoidable

presence of genetically modified material which has

benefited from a favourable risk evaluation;

e.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1981/2006 of 22

December 2006 on detailed rules for the

implementation of Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No

1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the

Council as regards the Community reference

laboratory for genetically modified organisms;

f.

Regulation (EC) No 298/2008 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 on

genetically modified food and feed, as regards the

implementing powers conferred on the Commission.

3.8 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15

November 2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs.

3.9. a.

Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on

materials and articles intended to come into contact

with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and

89/109/EEC;

b.

Commission Regulation (EC) 1895/2005 of the 18

November 2005 on the restriction of use of certain

epoxy derivatives in materials and articles intended to

come into contact with food;

c.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 of 22

December 2006 on good manufacturing practice for

materials and articles intended to come into contact

with food;

d.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 282/2008 of 27

March 2008 on recycled plastic materials and articles

intended to come into contact with foods and

amending Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006;

e.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 372/2007 of 2 April

2007 laying down transitional migration limits for

plasticisers in gaskets in lids intended to come into

contact with foods;

f.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 597/2008 of 24 June

2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 372/2007 laying

down transitional migration limits for plasticisers in

gaskets in lids intended to come into contact with

foods.

3.10 Commission Regulation (EC) No 37/2005 of 12 January

2005 on the monitoring of temperatures in the means of transport,

warehousing and storage of quick frozen foodstuffs intended for

human consumption,

3.11 a.

Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on

nutrition and health claims made on foods;

b.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 353/2008 of 18 April

2008 establishing implementing rules for applications

for authorisation of health claims as provided for in

Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the

European Parliament and of the Council.

3.12 Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament

and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on the addition of

vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods.

3.13 Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament

and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules

concerning animal by-products not intended for human

consumption.

3.14 a.

Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000

establishing a system for the identification and

registration of bovine animals and regarding the

labelling of beef and beef products and repealing

Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97;

b.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1825/2000 of 25

August 2000 laying down detailed rules for the

application of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the

European Parliament and of the Council as regards the

labelling of beef and beef products.

3.15 a.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 884/2007 of 26 July

2007 on emergency measures suspending the use of E

128 Red 2G as food colour;

b.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 601/2008 of 25 June

2008 on protective measures applying to certain

fishery products imported from Gabon and intended

for human consumption.

3.16 a.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 543/2008 of 16 June

2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of

Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the

marketing standards for poultry-meat;

b.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October

2007 establishing a common organisation of

agricultural markets and on specific provisions for

certain agricultural products.

(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.