The General Food Regulations 2004

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2004/3279
  • These Regulations may be cited as the General Food Regulations 2004; they extend to Great Britain and come into force on 1st January 2005.
  • (1) In these Regulations —(2) Expressions used both in these Regulations and in Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in that Regulation.the Agency,each port health authority in its district, andoutside such districts, each food authority in its area.Article 14(8) (power of competent authorities to take appropriate measures to impose restrictions on the placing of food on the market or to require its withdrawal from the market in certain circumstances) ;Article 18(2) and (3) (competent authorities to whom food business operators must make information available on demand as to the traceability of food) ;Article 19 (food business operators to inform and collaborate with competent authorities to avoid or reduce risks posed by a food) .
  • Article 12 (food and feed exported from
  • Article 12 (food and feed exported from Great Britain) in so far as it relates to food;
  • Article 14(1) (food safety requirements) ;
  • Article 16 (presentation) in so far as it relates to food;
  • Article 18(2) or (3) (traceability) in so far as it relates to food business operators;
  • Article 19 (responsibilities for food: food business operators) .
  • on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both;on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the relevant amount or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.in the case of an offence under regulation 4(b) , £20,000;in any other case, the statutory maximum.Article 12 in so far as it relates to food;Article 14;Article 16 in so far as it relates to food;Article 18 in so far as it relates to food business operators; andArticle 19.(2) Each port health authority shall enforce and execute those provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 and these Regulations in its district.(3) The Agency shall also enforce and execute Articles 14 and 19 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 and these Regulations in so far as they relate to those Articles as regards relevant food.(4) In paragraph (3) “relevant food” means food in respect of which the Agency is specified in regulations made pursuant to section 6(4) of the Act or made under the European Communities Act 1972 as being the enforcement authority.
  • that the item in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed was intended for export to a
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  • was intended for export to a third country; and
  • could lawfully be exported there under Article 12 of Regulation
  • section 20 (offences due to fault of another

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