These Regulations—
(a) may be cited as the Colours in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005;
(b) shall come into force on 1st April 2005; and
(c) shall apply in relation to England only.
Specified date: 1 April 2005: see para (b) above.
(1) The Colours in Food Regulations 1995 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
(2) In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation) in the definition of “Directive 95/45/EC” , for the words “and Directive 2001/50/EC” there shall be substituted the words—
“Directive 2001/50/EC and Directive 2004/47/EC;”.
(3) In regulation 13 (transitional provision and exemption) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(1A) In any proceedings for an offence against these Regulations it shall be a defence to prove that—
(a) the colour or food which is the subject of the allegation was put on the market or labelled before 1st April 2005; and
(b) the matter constituting the offence would not have constituted an offence under these Regulations as they stood immediately before the coming into force of the Colours in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005.”.
Specified date: 1 April 2005: see reg 1(b).
Signed by the Authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Melanie Johnson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Health
4th March 2005
These Regulations, which apply to England only, implement Commission Directive 2004/47/EC amending Directive 95/45/EC. They do so by further amending the Colours in Food Regulations 1995. The Regulations—
(a) provide amended purity criteria for mixed carotenes E160 a (i) and beta carotene E160 a (ii) (regulation 2(2));
(b) insert a transitional defence provision for products put on the market or labelled before 1st April 2005 which otherwise comply with the Colours in Food Regulations 1995, allowing current stocks to be exhausted (regulation 2(3)).
2No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared to accompany these Regulations, as they will not impose any costs on businesses.
3A Transposition Note has been prepared and placed in the Library of each House of Parliament, setting out how the main elements of the European legislation referred to above are transposed in these Regulations. Copies of this document may be obtained from the Novel Foods, Additives and Supplements Division of the Food Standards Agency, Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NH.
