Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 2013/220 Northern Ireland

The Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

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Enforced by
FSA
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 4 of 9 obligations carry a criminal penalty. 1 carries different penalties and 4 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person8

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.003 Offence of contravening EU requirements on food additives Regulated
  • Contravene EU food additives requirementsAny Person
s.004 Offence of contravening EU requirements on flavourings, including smoke flavourings Regulated
  • Use or place on market non-compliant flavouringsAny Person
s.005 Any person who contravenes, or who uses or places on... Regulated
  • Fail to comply with EU smoke flavouring rulesAny Person
s.006 Offence of contravening EU requirements on food enzymes Regulated
  • Contravene EU food enzyme requirementsAny Person
s.012 A person must not use as an extraction solvent in... Regulated
  • Use only permitted extraction solvents in food productionAny Person
s.013 (1) A person must not place on the market —... Regulated
  • Do not market prohibited extraction solvents or food containing themAny Person
s.014 (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the following information must appear... Regulated
  • Label extraction solvent products with required informationAny Person
s.016 Enforcement authorities Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • District councils must enforce food additives and extraction solvent regulationsLocal authority
s.017 Offences and penalties Prosecution
  • Breach food additive or flavouring regulationsAny Person

Unlimited fine

14 other provisions — procedural and definitional
sch. 1 sch. 1
sch. 3 sch. 3
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.007 Improvement notice – application of Article 9 of the Order
s.008 Appeals against an improvement notice
s.009 Controls on extraction solvents
s.010 The provisions of this Part do not apply to any...
s.011 In this Part “permitted extraction solvent” means —
s.015 Competent authorities
s.018 Condemnation of food
s.019 Application of various Articles of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991
s.020 Consequential and other amendments
s.021 Revocations

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