Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 3051
Food, England
The Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (Addition of Substances for Specific Nutritional Purposes) (England) Regulations 2009
Made
18th November 2009
Laid before Parliament
24th November 2009
Coming into force
1st January 2010
M1,M2,M3The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(a) and (f), 17(2), 26(1)(a) and (3) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990 and now vested in him as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972 .
M4These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for any reference to the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 953/2009 on substances that may be added for specific nutritional purposes in foods for particular nutritional uses to be construed as a reference to that Annex as amended from time to time.
In accordance with section 48(4A) of the Food Safety Act 1990, the Secretary of State has had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency.
M5As required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation and evaluation of these Regulations.
Title application and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (Addition of Substances for Specific Nutritional Purposes) (England) Regulations 2009, apply in relation to England only and come into force on 1 January 2010.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;
“the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 953/2009 on substances that may be added for specific nutritional purposes in foods for particular nutritional uses;
“food authority” has the meaning that it bears by virtue of section 5(1) of the Act, except that it does not include the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner Temple and Middle Temple); and
“specified provision” means any provision of the Commission Regulation that is specified in Column 1 of the Schedule and whose subject-matter is described in Column 2 of the Schedule.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), any expression other than one defined in paragraph (1) that is used both in these Regulations and in the Act has the meaning it bears in the Act.
(3) Any expression used both in these Regulations and in the Commission Regulation has the meaning that it bears in the Commission Regulation.
(4) Where any functions under the Act are assigned—
(a)M6by an order under section 2 or 7 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 , to a port health authority;
(b)M7by an order under section 6 of the Public Health Act 1936 , to a joint board for a united district; or
(c)M8by an order under paragraph 15(6) of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Act 1985 , to a single authority for a metropolitan county,
any reference in these Regulations to a food authority shall be construed, so far as relating to those functions, as a reference to the authority to whom they are so assigned.
(5) In these Regulations any reference to the Annex to the Commission Regulation is a reference to that Annex as amended from time to time.
Offences, penalties and execution and enforcement
3.—(1) Any person who contravenes any of the specified provisions shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(3) Each food authority shall execute and enforce these Regulations within its area.
[F1Application of the improvement notice provisions of the Act
3A.—(1)Section 10(1) and (2) of the Act (improvement notices) applies, with the modification (in the case of section 10(1)) specified in [F2“Part 1 of Schedule 2F2] , for the purposes of—
(a)enabling an improvement notice to be served on a person requiring the person to secure compliance with the specified provisions contained in Schedule 1; and
(b)making the failure to comply with a notice referred to in subparagraph (a) an offence.
(2)Section 32(1) to (8) of the Act (powers of entry) applies, with the modifications (in the case of section 32(1)) specified in Part 2 of Schedule 2, for the purposes of enabling an authorised officer of an enforcement authority—
(a)to exercise a power of entry to ascertain whether food that does not comply with one or more of the specified provisions contained in Schedule 1 is, or has been, sold; and
(b)to exercise a power of entry to ascertain whether there is any evidence of any contravention of the specified provisions contained in Schedule 1.
(3)Section 35 of the Act applies, with the modifications specified in Part 3 of Schedule 2, for the purpose of specifying the punishment of an offence committed under paragraph (1)(b).
(4)Section 37(1) and (6) of the Act (appeals) applies, with the modifications specified in Part 4 of Schedule 2, for the purpose of enabling a decision to serve a notice referred to in paragraph (1)(a) to be appealed.
(5)Section 39 of the Act (appeals against improvement notices) applies, with the modifications (in the case of section 39(1) and (3)) specified in Part 5 of Schedule 2, for the purpose of dealing with appeals against a decision to serve a notice referred to in paragraph (1)(a).F1]
Application of various sections of the Food Safety Act 1990
4. The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the modification that any reference in those provisions to the Act or Part thereof shall be construed as a reference to these Regulations—
(a)section 3 (presumptions that food intended for human consumption);
(b)section 20 (offences due to fault of another person);
(c)M9section 21 (defence of due diligence) , as it applies for the purpose of section 14 or 15;
(d)section 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence);
(e)section 33(1) (obstruction etc. of officers);
(f)section 33(2), with the modification that the reference to “any such requirement as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above” shall be deemed to be a reference to any such requirement as is mentioned in that subsection as applied by sub-paragraph (e);
(g)M10section 35(1) (punishment of offences) , in so far as it relates to offences under section 33(1) as applied by sub-paragraph (e);
(h)M11section 35(2) and (3) , in so far as it relates to offences under section 33(2) as applied by sub-paragraph (f);
(i)section 36 (offences by bodies corporate);
(j)M12section 36A (offences by Scottish partnerships) ; and
(k)section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith).
Amendment to the Tryptophan in Food (England) Regulations 2005
M135.—(1)The Tryptophan in Food (England) Regulations 2005 are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
(2) In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation), for the definition “Directive 2001/15/EC” there is substituted the following definition—
““Regulation 953/2009” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 953/2009 on substances that may be added for specific nutritional purposes in foods for particular nutritional uses;”.
(3) In regulation 5 (exceptions from prohibitions), for sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (2) there is substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(c)laevorotatory tryptophan, its sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium salts or its hydrochloride, added in compliance with Regulation 953/2009 to any food for a particular nutritional use referred to in the Annex to that Regulation;”.
Revocation
M146.The Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (Addition of Substances for Specific Nutritional Purposes) (England) Regulations 2002 are revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Gillian Merron
Minister of State,
Department of Health
Regulations 2(1) and 3(1)
[F3SCHEDULE 1F3]Specified Provisions
| Provision of the Commission Regulation | Subject matter |
|---|---|
| Article 2(1) | Requirement that among the substances belonging to the categories appearing in the Annex to the Commission Regulation, only those listed in that Annex, complying with the relevant specifications as necessary may be added for specific nutritional purposes in the manufacture of foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses [F4(foodstuffs which, owing to their special composition or manufacturing process, are clearly distinguishable from foodstuffs for normal consumption, which are suitable for their claimed nutritional purposes and which are marketed in such a way as to indicate such suitability)F4] . |
Article 3(1) | Requirement that the use of substances added for specific nutritional purposes shall result in the manufacture of safe products that fulfil the particular nutritional requirements of the persons for whom they are intended, as established by generally accepted scientific data. |
| Article 3(2) | Requirement that upon request by the [F5Secretary of State, Welsh Ministers or Food Standards ScotlandF5] , the manufacturer or, where appropriate, the importer shall produce the scientific work and the data establishing that the use of the substances complies with Article 3(1) of the Commission Regulation. If such work and data are contained in a readily available publication, a mere reference to that publication shall suffice. |
| Article 4(2) | Requirement that purity criteria established by [[F6,F7assimilatedF7] lawF6] which apply to the substances listed in the Annex to the Commission Regulation when they are used in the manufacture of foodstuffs for purposes other than those covered by the Commission Regulation shall also apply to those substances when they are used for purposes covered by the Commission Regulation. |
| Article 4(3) | Requirement that for substances listed in the Annex to the Commission Regulation for which purity criteria are not established by [[F6,F7assimilatedF7] lawF6] , and until the adoption of such specifications, generally acceptable purity criteria recommended by international bodies shall apply. |
[F8SCHEDULE 2Modification of the improvement notice provisions of the Act
PART 1Modification of section 10(1)
1.For section 10(1) (improvement notices) substitute—
“(1)If an authorised officer of an enforcement authority F9... has reasonable grounds for believing that a person is failing to comply with regulation 3A(1) to the Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (Addition of Substances for Specific Nutritional Purposes) (England) Regulations 2009, the authorised officer may, by a notice served on that person (in this Act referred to as an “improvement notice”)—
(a)[F10state the officer’s grounds for believingF10] that the person is failing to comply or, as the case may be, that the food does not comply with the relevant provision;
(b)specify the matters which constitute the failure to so comply;
(c)specify the measures which, in the officer’s opinion, the person must take in order to secure compliance; and
(d)require the person to take those measures, or such measures that are at least equivalent to them, within such period as may be specified in the notice.”.
PART 2Modification of section 32(1)
2.For paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 32(1) (powers of entry) substitute—
“(a)to enter any premises within the authority’s area for the purpose of ascertaining whether there has been any contravention of regulation 3A(1) to the Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (Addition of Substances for Specific Nutritional Purposes) (England) Regulations 2009; and
(b)to enter any business premises, whether within or outside the authority’s area, for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is on the premises any evidence of any contravention of that regulation;”.
3.Section 32(9) does not apply.
PART 3Modification of section 35 (punishment of offences)
4.In section 35, after subsection (1A), insert—
“(1B)A person guilty of an offence under section 10(2), as applied by regulation 3A(1) of the Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (Addition of Substances for Specific Nutritional Purposes) (England) Regulations 2009, is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine.”.
PART 4Modification of section 37(1) and (6)
5.For section 37(1) (appeals) substitute—
“(1)Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of an authorised officer of an enforcement authority to serve an improvement notice under section 10(1) as applied and modified by regulation 3A(1) of, and Part 1 of Schedule 2 to, the Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (Addition of Substances for Specific Nutritional Purposes) (England) Regulations 2009, may apply to the First-tier Tribunal”.
6.Section 37(2) does not apply.
7.For section 37(3) substitute—
“(3)The appeals procedure under the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009 applies to appeals made under subsection (1)”.
8.For section 37(5) substitute–
“(5)The notice of appeal period under rule 22 of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009 applies to appeals made under subsection (1)”.
9.In section 37(6)—
(a)for “(3) or (4)” substitute “(1)”, and
(b)in paragraph (a), for “magistrates’ court or to the sheriff” substitute “the First-tier Tribunal”.
PART 5Modification of section 39(1) and (3)
10.For section 39(1) (appeals against improvement notices) substitute—
“(1)On an appeal against an improvement notice served under section 10(1), as applied and modified by regulation 3A(1) of, and Part 1 of Schedule 2 to, the Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (Addition of Substances for Specific Nutritional Purposes) (England) Regulations 2009, the First-tier Tribunal may [F11either cancel or affirm the noticeF11] and, if it affirms it, may do so either in its original form or with such modifications as the First-tier Tribunal may in the circumstances think fit.”.
11.In section 39(3), omit “for want of prosecution”.F8]