Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 931

      The Food (Jelly Confectionery) (Emergency Control) (England) Regulations 2002


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2002 No. 931

FOOD, ENGLAND

The Food (Jelly Confectionery) (Emergency Control) (England) Regulations 2002

  Made 3rd April 2002 
  Laid before Parliament 3rd April 2002 
  Coming into force 4th April 2002 

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated[1] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[2] in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that section makes the following Regulations:

Title, commencement and extent
     1.  - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Food (Jelly Confectionery) (Emergency Control) (England) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 4th April 2002.

    (2) These Regulations shall extend to England only.

Interpretation
    
2.  - (1) In these Regulations - 

    "commercial operation" does not include exporting;

    "the Commission Decision" means Commission Decision 2002/247/EC suspending the placing on the market and import of jelly confectionery containing the food additive E425: Konjac[4];

    "controlled jelly confectionery" means any jelly confectionery which contains E425: Konjac: (i) Konjac gum (ii) Konjac glucomannane and which is intended for human consumption;

    "food authority" includes neither the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner Temple and Middle Temple) nor a port health authority;

    "jelly confectionery" includes jelly mini-cups; and

    "port health authority" means a port health authority for a port health district constituted under section 2(4) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984[5].

    (2) Any term used both in these Regulations and in the Commission Decision has the same meaning as in the Commission Decision.

Prohibitions
     3.  - (1) No person shall carry out any commercial operation with respect to any controlled jelly confectionery.

    (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), any jelly confectionery which contains E425: Konjac (i) Konjac gum (ii) Konjac glucomannane shall be presumed until the contrary is proved to be controlled jelly confectionery.

    (3) No person shall use E425: Konjac (i) Konjac gum (ii) Konjac glucomannane in the manufacture of any jelly confectionery which is intended for human consumption.

    (4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), any jelly confectionery shall be presumed until the contrary is proved to be intended for human consumption.

    5) Any person who knowingly contravenes paragraph (1) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

Enforcement
    
4.  - (1) Subject to paragraph (2), it shall be the duty of each port health authority to execute and enforce these Regulations within its district.

    (2) In relation to any place which is not situated in the district of a port health authority, it shall be the duty of the food authority for the area in which that place is situated to execute and enforce these Regulations.

    (3) For the purposes of enabling a port health authority or as the case may be a food authority to carry out its duty of executing and enforcing these Regulations, an authorised officer of that authority shall - 

    (4) Each port health authority and each food authority shall give such assistance and information to the Secretary of State and the Food Standards Agency as they may reasonably request in connection with the execution and enforcement of these Regulations.

Application etc. of various provisions of the Act
     5.  - (1) 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 for the purposes of these Regulations as a reference to these Regulations - 

    (2) Subject to paragraph (3), section 9 of the Act (inspection and seizure of suspected food) shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as if it read as follows - 

    (3) The expressions "controlled jelly confectionery", "food authority", "jelly confectionery", "port health authority" and "for human consumption", which are used in section 9 of the Act so far as it applies for the purposes of these Regulations by virtue of paragraph (2), shall, for those purposes, bear the meanings that those expressions respectively bear in these Regulations.

    (4) Section 2 of the Act (extended meaning of "sale" etc.) shall apply in relation to section 9 of the Act so far as it applies for the purposes of these Regulations by virtue of paragraph (2).

    (5) Section 29 of the Act (procurement of samples) shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the modifications that - 

    (6) Regulation 9(1) of the 1990 Regulations shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as if it read as follows - 



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health


Hazel Blears
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health

3rd April 2002



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations, which extend to England only, implement Commission Decision 2002/247/EC suspending the placing on the market and import of jelly confectionery containing the food additive E425: Konjac (OJ No. L84, 28.3.2002, p.69).

The Regulations - 

    (a) prohibit, first, the carrying out of commercial operations with regard to jelly confectionery which contains the food additive E425: Konjac and which is intended for human consumption and, second, the use of that additive in the manufacture of jelly confectionery which is intended for human consumption (regulations 2 and 3);

    (b) specify the enforcement authorities and make consequential provisions relating to the execution and enforcement of the Regulations by those authorities (regulation 4); and

    (c) apply, with modifications, provisions of the 1990 Act (regulation 5).

No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations.


Notes:

[1] S.I. 1972/1811.back

[2] 1972 c. 68.back

[3] 1990 c. 16.back

[4] OJ No. L84, 28.3.2002, p.69.back

[5] 1984 c. 22.back

[6] S.I. 1990/2463, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.back



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