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Foods for Special Medical Purposes (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (S.S.I. No. 130 of 2000).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Scotland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Special dietary uses Food quality control/food safety Packaging/labelling Vending
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
These Regulations come into force on 1 November 2001.
Abstract

These Regulations, which come into force on 1st November 2001, implement Commission Directive 1999/21/EC on dietary foods for special medical purposes and extend to Scotland only. Article 1(2) of the Directive classifies such foods as foods specially processed or formulated for the dietary management of specified types of patients under medical supervision whose treatment calls for a special diet, and regulation 2 of these Regulations defines dietary food as food within that classification. Regulation 3 (2) of these Regulations imposes that notification requirement, and regulation 3 (3) specifies which authorities are to be recipients of the notification. For dietary foods manufactured in Scotland, or imported into Scotland from outside the United Kingdom, the Food Standards Agency is the relevant authority. Enforcement responsibilities, offences and penalties and application of provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c.16) are set out in regulations 4, 5 and 7 of these Regulations. The Regulations also provide a defence in relation to exports in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of Council Directive 89/397/EC on the Official Control of Foodstuffs (reg. 6).

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Food Safety Act 1990.

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1990 (2021)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Food quality control/food safety, Fraud, Inspection, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Commission Directive 1999/21/EC on dietary foods for special medical purposes.

Legislation | European Union | 1999

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Packaging/labelling, Special dietary uses

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. No. 424 of 2007).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2007

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Breastfeeding/infant food, Packaging/labelling, Offences/penalties, Nutrition

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. No. 322 of 2014).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2008

Keyword: Breastfeeding/infant food, Food quality control/food safety, Packaging/labelling, Vending, International trade, Nutrition

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Foods for Specific Groups (Medical Foods) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. No. 392 of 2018).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2018

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Special dietary uses, Packaging/labelling, Breastfeeding/infant food, Nutrition

Source: FAO, FAOLEX