Contents
- 1 Citation and commencement
- 2 Amendment to the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995
- 3 Amendment to the Foods Intended for Use in Energy Restricted Diets for Weight Reduction Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997
- 4 Amendment to the Medical Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000
- 5 Amendment to the Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (Addition of Substances for Specific Nutritional Purposes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002
- 6 Amendment to the Processed Cereal-based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
1Citation and commencement#
These Regulations may be cited as the Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and come into operation on 15th October 2007.
2Amendment to the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995#
(1)The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2)In regulation 10 (offences and enforcement)—
(a)in paragraph (1), insert at the beginning “Subject to paragraph (2A),”; and
(b)immediately after paragraph (2), add the following—“2A A person shall not be considered to have contravened the provisions contained in regulation 2 where the sale which would otherwise have constituted a contravention of those provisions is the sale of an infant formula falling within the derogation set out in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1609/2006 authorising the placing on the market of infant formulae based on hydrolysates of whey protein derived from cows’ milk protein for a two-year period.”
3Amendment to the Foods Intended for Use in Energy Restricted Diets for Weight Reduction Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997#
(1)The Foods Intended for Use in Energy Restricted Diets for Weight Reduction Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2)In regulation 4 (labelling, advertising and presentation) omit “or to a reduction in the sense of hunger or an increase in the sense of satiety”.
4Amendment to the Medical Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000#
(1)The Medical Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2)In regulation 2 (interpretation), for the definition of “the Directive” there is substituted the following—“• “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 and 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;”
5Amendment to the Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (Addition of Substances for Specific Nutritional Purposes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002#
(1)The Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (Addition of Substances for Specific Nutritional Purposes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 are amended in accordance with paragraph(2).
(2)In paragraph (5) of regulation 3 (restrictions on sale) for “1st January 2007” substitute “1st January 2010”.
6Amendment to the Processed Cereal-based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003#
(1)The Processed Cereal-based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2)In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation), for the definition of “the Directive” there is substituted the following—“• “the Directive” means Commission Directive 2006/125/EC on processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children;”
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