The Colours in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/3442
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Title, commencement and extent

These Regulations may be cited as the Colours in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001, shall come into force on 15th January 2002 and shall extend to England only.

Section 2 Amendment of the Colours in Food Regulations 1995

The Colours in Food Regulations 1995 shall be amended, in so far as they extend to England, in accordance with regulation 3.

Section 3 Amendment of the Colours in Food Regulations 1995

In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “Directive 95/45/ EC ”, there shall be added at the end the words “and Directive 2001/50/EC ” .

Section 4 Consequential amendments

(1) Regulation 3 of the Colours in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000 shall be omitted.

(2) In the provisions listed in paragraph (3), references to the Colours in Food Regulations 1995 shall, in so far as those provisions apply to England, be taken to be references to those Regulations as amended by the Colours in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000 and by these Regulations.

(3) The provisions to which paragraph (2) refers are—

(a) the definition of “permitted colour” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Jam and Similar Products Regulations 1981 ;

(b) the definition of “additive” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products Regulations 1984 ;

(c) the definition of “colour” in Part II of Schedule 1 (categories of food additives) to the Food Additive Labelling Regulations 1992 ;

(d) the definition of “colour” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995 ; and

(e) the definition of “the additives Regulations” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 .