Contents
2Interpretation#
In these Regulations—• “the Directive” means Commission Directive 1999/21/EC on dietary foods for special medical purposes as amended by—the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded;Commission Directive 2006/82/EC adapting Directive 91/321 on infant formulae and follow-on formulae and Directive 1999/21/EC on dietary foods for special medical purposes, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania; note...Commission Directive 2006/141 on infant formulae and follow-on formulae and amending Directive 1991/21/EC; and Commission Directive No. 2013/26/EU adapting certain directives in the field of food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, by reason of the accession of Croatia, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on 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; and, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/128 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific compositional and information requirements for food for special medical purposes.• “medical food” means food coming within the classification of dietary foods for special medical purposes for which compositional and labelling requirements are laid down in the Directive and which has been developed to satisfy the nutritional requirements of infants; and• “member State” means a member State of the European Community other than the United Kingdom;• “the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991; and• “sell” includes possess for sale and offer, expose or advertise (otherwise than by means of a label or wrapper) for sale.
3Restrictions on sale#
(1)The food additive E 960a Steviol glycosides from Stevia, and any foods containing it, labelled before the end of 14th November 2024 may continue to be labelled as E 960 Steviol glycosides and placed on the market, and used, until stocks are exhausted.
(a)FL No. “07.030” chemical name “1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)pent-1-en-3-one”;
(b)
(c)FL No. “07.049” chemical name “1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-4-methylpent-1-en-3-one”;
(2)These Regulations extend to England and Wales, but apply in relation to England only.
(a)FL No. “07.030” chemical name “1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)pent-1-en-3-one”;
(b)
(3)Subject to paragraphs (4) to (6), in section 264 of the 2003 Act (consecutive terms) the reference in subsection (6)(d) to one-half of the sentence is to be read as a reference to 40 per cent of the sentence.
5Offences and penalties#
If any person—
(a)FL No. “07.030” chemical name “1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)pent-1-en-3-one”;
(b)
he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
7Application of various provisions of the Order#
The following provisions of the Order shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations and any reference in them to the Order shall be construed as a reference to these Regulations:
(a)FL No. “07.030” chemical name “1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)pent-1-en-3-one”;
(b)
(c)FL No. “07.049” chemical name “1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-4-methylpent-1-en-3-one”;
(d)FL No. “07.206” chemical name “4-(2,3,6-Trimethylphenyl)but-3-en-2-one”;
(e)FL No. “07.258” chemical name “6-Methyl-3-hepten-2-one”;
(f)FL No. “10.034” chemical name “5,6-Dihydro-3,6-dimethylbenzofuran-2(4H)-one”;
(g)FL No. “10.036” chemical name “5,6,7,7a-Tetrahydro-3,6-dimethylbenzofuran-2(4H)-one”;
(h)FL No. “10.042” chemical name “3,4-Dimethyl-5-pentylidenefuran-2(5H)-one”;
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