The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (England) Regulations 2007

Made: 13th December 2007

Laid before Parliament: 20th December 2007

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

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Title, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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Prohibition on the marketing of infant formula or follow-on formula unless certain conditions are met

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Prohibition on the marketing of products other than infant formula for normal healthy infants

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Substances in such quantity as to endanger the health of infants and young children

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Protein sources and other food ingredients suitable for infants from birth (infant formula)

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Protein sources and other food ingredients suitable for infants aged over six months (follow-on formula)

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Compositional criteria for infant formula

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Compositional criteria for follow-on formula

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Addition of water (infant formula and follow-on formula)

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Prohibitions and limitations on the use of food ingredients (infant formula and follow-on formula)

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Listed substances and their purity criteria (infant formula and follow-on formula)

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Notification of infant formula

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Pesticide residues (infant formula and follow-on formula)

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Naming of infant formula

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Naming of follow-on formula

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Labelling of infant formula

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Labelling of follow-on formula

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Avoidance of the risk of confusion between infant formula and follow-on formula

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Presentation (infant formula and follow-on formula)

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Restrictions on advertising infant formula

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Restrictions on advertising follow-on formula

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Restrictions on promotion of infant formula

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Provision of informational and educational material dealing with the feeding of infants

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Free or reduced rate infant formula

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Export of infant formula to third countries

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Export of follow-on formula to third countries

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Offences and enforcement

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Application of various sections of the Food Safety Act 1990

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Amendment of the Medical Food (England) Regulations 2000

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Revocation and transitional arrangements

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Dawn Primarolo — Minister of State, — Department of Health — 2007-12-13

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1990 c.16 section 1(1) and (2) (definition of “food”) was substituted by S.I. 2004/2990. Sections 17 and 48 were amended by paragraphs 12 and 21 respectively of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (1999 c. 28), “the 1999 Act”. Section 48 was also amended by S.I. 2004/2990. Section 26(3) was amended by Schedule 6 to the 1999 Act. Section 53(2) was amended by paragraph 19 of Schedule 16 to the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (1994 c.40), Schedule 6 to the 1999 Act and S.I. 2004/2990.

[^f00002]: Functions formerly exercisable by “the Ministers” (being, in relation to England and Wales and acting jointly, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England and food and health in Wales and, in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State) are now exercisable in relation to England by the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the 1999Act. Those functions, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by S.I. 1999/672 as read with section 40(3) of the 1999 Act and thereafter transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (2006 c.32). Those functions, so far as exercisable in relation to Scotland, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c.46) as read with section 40(2) of the 1999 Act.

[^f00003]: 1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51).

[^f00004]: S.I. 2003/2901.

[^f00005]: OJ No. L401, 30.12.2006, p.1.

[^f00006]: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 575/2006 amending Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the number and names of the permanent Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority (OJ No. L100, 8.4.2006, p.3).

[^f00007]: 1984 c.22; section 7(3)(d) was substituted by paragraph 27 of Schedule 3 to the Food Safety Act 1990 (1990 c.16).

[^f00008]: 1936 c.49; section 6 is to be read with paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Food Safety Act 1990.

[^f00009]: 1985 c.51; paragraph 15(6) was amended by paragraph 31(b) of Schedule 3 to the Food Safety Act 1990.

[^f00010]: Codex Stan 72-1981, volume 4, Codex Alimentarius, 1981.

[^f00011]: S.I. 1996/1502.

[^f00012]: Codex Stan 156-1987, volume 4, Codex Alimentarius, 1987.

[^f00013]: Section 21 was amended by S.I. 2004/3279.

[^f00014]: Section 35(1) is amended by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (2003 c. 44), Schedule 26, paragraph 42, from a date to be appointed.

[^f00015]: Section 35(3) was amended by S.I. 2004/3279.

[^f00016]: Section 36A was inserted by the Food Standards Act 1999 (1999 c.28), Schedule 5, paragraph 16.

[^f00017]: S.I. 2000/845, amended by S.I. 2004/2145 and S.I. 2007/2591; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^f00018]: OJ No. L91, 7.4.99, p.29.

[^f00019]: OJ No. L236, 23.9.2003, p.33.

[^f00020]: OJ No. L362, 20.12.2006, p.94.

[^f00021]: S.I. 1995/77, amended by S.I. 1997/451, S.I. 2000/1509, S.I. 2003/3208, S.I. 2005/2626 and S.I. 2007/2591.

Editorial notes

[^key-c10807e7f3aeebcdfeeb9d99df006806]: Regulations revoked (except reg. 30) (22.2.2020) by The Food for Specific Groups (Food for Special Medical Purposes for Infants, Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula) (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Amendment etc.) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/43), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 (with reg. 5(2)(3)(b), Sch. 5 para. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2021/168, reg. 2(3)) Reg. 30 revoked (22.2.2020) by The Food for Specific Groups (Food for Special Medical Purposes for Infants, Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula) (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Amendment etc.) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/43), reg. 1(1), Sch. 6

Application of the improvement notice provisions of the Act

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Application of various sections of the Food Safety Act 1990

Amendment of the Medical Food (England) Regulations 2000

Revocation and transitional arrangements

SCHEDULE — Modification of the improvement notice provisions of the Act

PART 1 — Modification of section 10(1)

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PART 2 — Modification of section 32(1)

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PART 3 — Modification of section 35 (punishment of offences)

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PART 4 — Modification of section 37(1) and (6)

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PART 5 — Modification of section 39(1) and (3)

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