Bread and Flour (Amendment) Regulations 1972
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1972/1391 |
| Year | 1972 |
1972 No. 1391
FOOD AND DRUGS
COMPOSITION AND LABELLING
The Bread and Flour (Amendment) Regulations 197213thSeptember 1972
21stSeptember 1972
1stNovember 1972
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Social Services, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 4, 7 and 123 of the Food and Drugs Act 1955(a), as read with the Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968(b), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following regulations, after consultation with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests substantially affected by the regulations and reference to the Food Hygiene Advisory Council under section 82 of the said Act (insofar as the regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 7):—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Bread and Flour (Amendment) Regulations 1972, and shall come into operation on 1st November 1972.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(c) shall apply to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Amendment of principal regulations
1. The Bread and Flour Regulations 1963(d) as amended (e) shall be further amended as follows:—
(a) in regulation 2(1) thereof—
(i) by inserting immediately after the definition of the Act the following definition:—
"'azodicarbonamide' means the substance conforming to the description, specification and requirements for azodicarbonamide contained in the Food Chemicals Codex 1966 (publication 1406, National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council, Washington DC, USA) at page 61;";
(a) 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 16.
(b) S.I. 1968/1699 (1968 III, p. 4585).
(c) 1889 c. 63.
(d) S.I. 1963/1435 (1963 II, p. 2464).
(e) There is no amendment which relates expressly to the subject matter of these regulations.
(ii) by substituting in the definition of chalk for the words "or the British Pharmaceutical Codex" the figures and words "1968 at page 178";
(iii) by inserting at the end of the definition of improving agent the words "L-cysteine hydrochloride and L-cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate";
(iv) by inserting immediately after the definition of improving agent the following definitions:—
"'L-cysteine hydrochloride' means the substance conforming to the description, specification and requirements relating thereto in Schedule 3 to these regulations;
'L-cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate' means the substance conforming to the description, specification and requirements relating thereto in Schedule 4 to these regulations;";
(b) by inserting immediately after paragraph (b) of the proviso to regulation 30(2) thereof the following paragraphs:—
"(ba) all flour other than wholemeal may contain azodicarbonamide in any proportion not exceeding 45 parts per million (calculated by weight);
(bb) all flour other than wholemeal may contain L-cysteine hydro-chloride or L-cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate or both L-cysteine hydrochloride and L-cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate in any proportion...
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