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

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
England
Document type
Regulation
Date
2008
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
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 implement in relation to England Commission Decision 2008/289/EC on emergency measures regarding the unauthorized genetically modified organism “Bt 63” in rice products. They prohibit the first placing on the market of any “specified product”, i.e. any product listed in the Annex to the Commission Decision that originates from or has been consigned from China, if conditions as laid down in these Regulations are not met.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amended by

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

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2012

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

Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 1683 of 2013).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2013

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