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Processed Cereal-based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 1997 No. 432 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
24 September 1997
In force from
31 March 1999
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations implement Commission Directive 96/5/EC (O.J. No. L49, 28.2.96, p. 17) on processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children. The Regulations— a exempt from their application any baby food which is a milk intended for young children (regulation 2); b prohibit the sale of any cereal-based food or baby food unless it complies with the labelling requirements in regulation 4 and the manufacturing and compositional requirements in regulation 5 (regulation 3); c prescribe labelling requirements (regulation 4 and Schedule 5); d prescribe manufacturing and compositional requirements (regulation 5 and Schedules 1, 2, 3 and 4); e create offences and prescribe penalties (regulation 6); f specify the enforcement authority (regulation 7); g provide a defence in relation to exports in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of, as read with the ninth recital to, Council Directive 89/397/EEC (O.J. No. L186, 30.6.89, p. 23) on the official control of foodstuffs (regulation 8); h apply various provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 including those relating to enforcement and defences (regulation 9).

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