The Food Irradiation (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Made: 15th September 2010

Coming into operation: 20th October 2010

As required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety[^f00003] there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation and evaluation of these Regulations.

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Food Irradiation (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and come into operation on 20th October 2010.

Amendment of the Food Irradiation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

2

The Food Irradiation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009[^f00004] are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5.

3

In Schedule 2 (licences) for paragraph 9(1)(b) of Part 3 (requirements and prohibitions to be observed by a licensee) substitute —

(b) its batch number;

4

For Schedule 3 (list of approved facilities in member States) substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 1.

5

For Schedule 4 (list of facilities in a country outside the European Community) substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 2.

SCHEDULE 1 — SCHEDULE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 3 TO THE FOOD IRRADIATION REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2009

SCHEDULE 2 — SCHEDULE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 4 TO THE FOOD IRRADIATION REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2009

Signed

Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 15th September 2010.

Linda Devlin — A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Food Irradiation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009 No. 258).

These Regulations give effect to the provisions of—

• (a) Commission Decision 2010/172/EU amending Decision 2002/840/EC as regards the list of approved facilities in third countries for the irradiation of foods (OJ No. L75, 23.3.2010, p.33); and

• (b) undated Commission list of approved facilities for the treatment of foods and food ingredients with ionising radiation in the member States[^f00005], replacing Commission list of such facilities of 3 September 2004.

These Regulations amend the Food Irradiation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 by—

• (a) substituting for paragraph 9(1)(b) of Part 3 (requirements and prohibitions to be observed by a licensee) of Schedule 2 (licences) a revised sub-paragraph (1)(b) (regulation 3);

• (b) substituting for Schedule 3 (list of approved facilities in member States) a revised Schedule 3 containing a modified list of approved facilities in member States(regulation4); and

• (c) substituting for Schedule 4 (list of facilities in a country outside the European Community) a revised Schedule4 adding three new facilities to the list of the approved facilities in countries outside the European Union (regulation 5).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) Article 3(6)

[^f00002]: S.I. 1991/762 (N.I.7) as amended by S.I. 1996/1663 (N.I.12), paragraphs 26 to 42 of Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999 c.28 and S.R. 2004 Nos. 482 and 505

[^f00003]: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny – Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14)

[^f00004]: S.R. 2009 No. 258

[^f00005]: Published on the Commission website via http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biosafety/irradiation/comm_legisl_en.htm. A hard copy may be obtained from the European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Consumers, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium