UK Offence Report

The Food Safety (Information and Compositional Requirements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 2016 No. 251 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
27 June 2016
In force from
20 July 2016
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales
Made under
(EC) No 41/2009, (EC) No 953/2009, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC, 2006/141/EC, 96/8/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC, Directive 92/52/EEC, European Communities Act 1972, Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972

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 make provision to enforce Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, on the provisions of food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009. These Regulations implement the framework of Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and introduce an improvement notice enforcement regime. Regulation 3 provides for the enforcement of these Regulations by each district council within its district. Regulation 4 creates an offence and penalty for breach of Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 Regulation 5 and Schedule 2 apply certain provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991 N.I.7) with modifications. This includes the application (with modifications) of Article 9(1), enabling an improvement notice to be served requiring compliance with a specified EU requirement. The provisions, as applied and modified, make the failure to comply with an improvement notice a criminal offence. Regulation 6 and Schedule 3 amends statutory rules to take account of the repeal and replacement of relevant EU legislation Regulation 7 revokes the Notification of Marketing of Food for Particular Nutritional Uses Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No. 60), the Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010 No. 33), and regulations 26 and 27 of the Infant Formula and Follow on Formula Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No. 506).

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