Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 47 of 2012).

Subject

Livestock, Food & nutrition

Keyword

Food quality control/food safety Cereals/grains/rice Internal trade Offences/penalties Genetically modified organism (GMO) Agricultural commodities 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 amend the Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (England) Regulations 2008 in order to implement Commission Implementing Decision 2011/884/EU on emergency measures regarding unauthorized genetically modified rice in rice products originating from China. The Commission Decision provides that import restrictions that previously applied to Bt 63 genetically modified rice shall now apply, with modifications, to all unauthorized genetically modified rice. These Regulations also require the Food Standards Agency to carry out a review of the principal Regulations at intervals of not more than five years.

Full text

English

Website

www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 1079 of 2008).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2008

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Cereals/grains/rice, Internal trade, Offences/penalties, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Agricultural commodities, Animal feed/feedstuffs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX