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Guar Gum (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. No. 176 of 2008).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Scotland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2008
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Toxicity/poisoning Certification Inspection International trade Animal health Animal feed/feedstuffs
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, implement Commission Decision 2008/352/EC imposing special conditions governing guar gum originating in or consigned from India due to contamination risk of those products by pentachlorophenal and dioxins. These Regulations provide that no person shall first place on the market any “guar gum product” except where various conditions specified in the Commission Decision have been complied with.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk