Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 738
Agriculture, England
Food, England
The Official Feed and Food Controls (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Made
14th July 2020
Laid before Parliament
15th July 2020
Coming into force
5th August 2020
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 1 ), makes the following Regulations.
The Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food and measures relating to feed produced for or fed to food-producing animals( 2 ), the common agricultural policy of the European Community( 3 ) and measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health( 4 ).
As required by Article 9 of Regulation 5 ) there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of these Regulations.
Title and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Official Feed and Food Controls (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 5th August 2020.
Amendment of the Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009
2. —(1)The Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009( 6 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition that begins “Decision 2007/275” after “Regulation 2019/1666” insert “have the meanings respectively given to them in Schedule 1;”.
(3) In regulation 22 (interpretation of this Part of these Regulations), for the definition of “product” substitute—
“ “product” means feed and food of non-animal origin whose import is regulated by Article 44 or Article 47(1)(d), (e) or (f) of Regulation 2017/625 and includes composite products and foodstuffs which are not required to be subject to veterinary checks as provided in Commission Decision 2007/275/EC concerning lists of composite products to be subject to controls at border control posts; ” .
(4) In regulation 29 (checks on products), in each place it occurs, for “and Article 45(1), (2) and (4)” substitute “, Article 45(1), (2) and (4) and regulation 49(1)”.
(5) In regulation 36(2) (costs and fees) after “as referred to in”, insert “Article 79(2)(a) and (c) and”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
Jo Churchill
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health and Social Care
14th July 2020
OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L198, 25.7.2019, p. 241).
S.I. 2009/3255 as last amended by S.I. 2019/1476 .