The Contaminants in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 2005 No. 538 — creates 2 criminal offences.

2offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 1 December 2005
In force from: 1 January 2006
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales
Made under: (EC) No. 178/2002

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 revoke and re-enact with changes the Contaminants in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004 No. 487) as amended— a make provision for the execution and enforcement of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 466/2001 setting maximum levels for contaminants in foodstuffs (O.J. No. L77, 16.3.2001, p. 1, as corrected and amended) (“the Commission Regulation”); and b implement— i Commission Directive 98/53/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels for certain contaminant in foodstuffs (O.J. No. L201, 17.7.98, p. 93, as amended), ii Commission Directive 2001/22/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and 3-MCPD in foodstuffs (O.J. No. L77, 16.3.2001, p. 14, as corrected and amended), iii Commission Directive 2002/26/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of levels of ochratoxin A in foodstuffs (O.J. No. L75, 16.3.2002, p. 38 as amended), iv Commission Directive 2002/69/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of dioxins and the determination of dioxin-like PCBs in foodstuffs (O.J. No. L209, 6.8.2002, p. 5, as corrected and amended), v Commission Directive 2003/78/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of patulin in foodstuffs (O.J. No. L203, 12.8.2003, p. 40), vi Commission Directive 2004/16/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of tin in canned foods (O.J. No. L42, 13.2.2004, p. 16), and vii Commission Directive 2005/10/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of benzo(a)pyrene in foodstuffs (O.J. No. L34, 8.2.2005, p. 15). The Regulations— a provide that it is an offence, (except in certain cases relating to food placed on the market before a date given in specified Community legislation)— i to place on the market certain foods if they contain contaminants of any kind specified in the Commission Regulation at levels exceeding those specified (subject to a derogation applicable to certain types of lettuce and spinach), ii to use food containing such contaminants at such levels as ingredients in the production of certain foods, iii to mix foods which do not comply with the maximum levels referred to above with foods which do comply, iv to mix foods to which the Commission Regulation relates and which are intended for direct consumption with foods to which the Commission Regulation relates and which are intended to be sorted or otherwise treated prior to consumption, or v to detoxify by chemical treatment food not complying with the limits specified in the Commission Regulation (regulation 3); b specify the enforcement authorities (regulation 4); c prescribe requirements in relation to the methods of sampling and the analysis of samples of foods subject to the Commission Regulation (regulation 5); and d provide for the application of specified provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 for the purposes thereof (regulation 6).

Offences created by this instrument

Subject to the transitional arrangements contained in the Community provisions specified in paragraph (2), a person… regulation 3(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
Application of various provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 regulation 6(2) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind

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