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The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety[1] in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 15(1)(e) and (f), 16(2), 25(1) and (3), 26(3) and 47(2) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991[2] and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, having had regard in accordance with Article 47(3A) of the said Order to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency and after consultation both as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No.178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council[3] and in accordance with Article 47(3) and (3B) of the said Order, hereby makes the following Regulations: Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fish Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 28th April 2003. Interpretation 2. In these Regulations -
and any expressions used in these Regulations and in Regulation 104/2000 or Regulation 2065/2001 have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in those Regulations.
(b) Article 19 (offences due to fault of another person); (c) Article 20 (defence of due diligence) as it applies for the purposes of Article 7, 13 or 14; (d) Article 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence); (e) Article 33 (powers of entry); (f) Article 34 (obstruction, etc., of officers); (g) Article 36 (punishment of offences) in so far as it relates to offences under Article 34(1) and (2) as applied by paragraph (f).
Revocations
1. - (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), the commercial designation for any species of fish specified in column 2 of the following Table shall be a name specified for that species in the corresponding entry in column 1 of the said Table. (2) A customary name may be used for any species of fish which has been subjected to smoking or any similar process, unless the name of the species in column 2 of the following Table is followed by an asterisk. In such cases the name used for the food when the fish is smoked shall be either -
(b) except in the case of Salmo Salar (L.), "smoked Pacific salmon".
(3) Sub-paragraph (1), as read with the following Table, shall not apply to fish regulated by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2136/89[7] laying down common marketing standards for preserved sardines, or Council Regulation (EEC) No 1536/92[8] laying down common marketing standards for preserved tuna and bonito. (This note is not part of the Regulations.) These Regulations provide for the execution and enforcement of Title 1, Chapter 2 of Council Regulation (EC) 104/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products as applied by Commission Regulation (EC) 2065/2001 laying down detailed rules on the application of Council Regulation (EC) 104/2000 as regards informing consumers about fishery and aquaculture products. Title 1 of Chapter 2 of Council Regulation (EC) 104/2000 imposes requirements regarding the provision of information about the commercial designation, production method and catch area of certain fishery and aquaculture products offered for retail sale to the final consumer. It further provides for member States to draw up and publish a list of commercial designations for at least the species listed in Annexes I to IV of the Regulation. Commission Regulation (EC) 2065/2001 describes in more detail the information to be provided to consumers and the exemptions that may be allowed. It also provides for the necessary information to be provided at each stage of the marketing process. These Regulations - - provide a list of the commercial designations required to be drawn up by the United Kingdom (regulation 4 and the Schedule) and further provide for the granting of provisional commercial designations (regulation 8); - make provision as to the relaxation of the requirements in certain circumstances in relation to information about the production method (regulation 5); in the case of direct sales of small quantities to consumers by fishermen or aquaculture producers (regulation 6) and with regard to the inclusion of additional information about catch area (regulation 7); - create offences and prescribe penalties (regulation 3), specify the enforcement authority (regulation 9), and incorporate specified provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (regulation 10); - revoke the fish labelling requirements set out in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (regulation 11). Notes: [1] Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I.1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3back [2] S.I. 1991/762 (N.I.7) as amended by S.I.1996 /1633 (N.I. 12) and paragraphs 26 to 42 of Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999 c. 28back [3] O.J. No. L31, 1.2.2002, p. 1; laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safetyback [4] O.J. No. L17, 21.1.2000, p. 22back [5] O.J. No. L278, 23.10.2001, p. 6back [6] S.R. 1996 No. 383; regulation 6(4) (which defines "prescribed by law" for the purposes of regulations 6(1), 7 and 8(a)) was inserted by S.R. 1998 No. 253back [7] O.J. No. L212, 22.7.89, p. 79back [8] O.J. No. L163, 17.6.92, p. 1back
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