The Food Enzymes Regulations 2009

• Citation: S.I. 2009/3235
• Sections: 11

Section 1 Title, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Food Enzymes Regulations 2009 and come into force on 20th January 2010.

(2) Regulations 1 and 11 extend to the United Kingdom and regulations 2 to 10 apply in relation to England only.

Section 2 Interpretation

(1) In these Regulations —

“ the Act ” means the Food Safety Act 1990;

“ the EC Regulation ” means Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food enzymes and amending Council Directive 83/417/EEC , Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 , Directive 2000/13/EC , Council Directive 2001/112/EC and Regulation (EC) No 258/97 ;

“ food authority ” does not include the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple) nor a port health authority;

“ port health authority ” means —

in relation to the London port health district (within the meaning given to that phrase for the purposes of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 by section 7(1) of that Act), the Common Council of the City of London; and

in relation to any port health district constituted by order under section 2(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, a port health authority for that district constituted by order under section 2(4) of that Act.

(2) Any other expression used in these Regulations and in the EC Regulation has the same meaning in these Regulations as it bears in the EC Regulation.

(3) Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered in the EC Regulation.

Section 3 Offences, penalties and savings

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Section 4 Enforcement and competent authorities

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Section 5 Application of various sections of the Food Safety Act 1990

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Section 6 Condemnation of Food

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Section 7 Amendment of the Food Labelling Regulations

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Section 8 Amendment of the Caseins and Caseinates Regulations 1985

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Section 9 Amendment of the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (England) Regulations 2003

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Section 10 Amendment of the Novel Food and Novel Food Ingredients Regulations 1997

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Section 11 Amendment of the Spirit Drinks Regulations 2008

In the table in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Spirit Drinks Regulations 2008 , at the end of the entry in column 2 that appears opposite the entry “Article 9(9)” in column 1, add the words “ as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food enzymes ” .