The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

• Citation: S.I. 2016/868
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 15th October 2016.

Section 2 Amendments to the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013

(1) The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “the EU Hygiene Regulations” and in the definition beginning “Decision 2006/766”, for “Regulation 2075/2005” in each case substitute “Regulation 2015/1375”.

(3) In Schedule 1 (definitions of EU legislation) —

(a) in the definition of “Regulation 854/2004”, for “Regulation 2075/2005” substitute “Regulation 2015/1375”;

(b) omit the definition of “Regulation 2075/2005”; and

(c) at the end of the Schedule add the following definition —

“Regulation 2015/1375” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 laying down specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meat.

(4) In Schedule 2 (specified EU provisions), for the entries in the final row of the table substitute the following —

(5) In regulation 38 (consequential amendments to the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013) —

(a) in paragraph (a), for “regulation 12(2)(a)” substitute “regulation 10(2)(a)”; and

(b) in paragraph (b), for “regulation 23(8)” substitute “regulation 21(8)”.

Section 3 Review

(1) The Food Standards Agency acting on behalf of the Secretary of State must from time to time —

(a) carry out a review of the operation and effect of the amendments made to the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 made by regulation 2 of these Regulations;

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

(c) publish the report.

(2) The report must in particular —

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provisions made by these Regulations;

(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.

(3) The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.

(4) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.