The Hops Certification Regulations 1979 (S.I. 1979 No. 1095). Country/Territory United Kingdom Document type Regulation Date 1979 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Cereals/grains/rice Certification Fraud Food quality control/food safety Inspection International trade Packaging/labelling Monitoring Offences/penalties Transport/storage Traceability/product tracing Agricultural commodities Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations make provision for the implementation in the United Kingdom of the Community hop certification system set up under the Community provisions referred to in regulation 1(2). Regulation 2 establishes that certification must be carried out by certifying officers. Regulation 3 regulates offences , these are: selling uncertified or improperly packaged hops or hop products; selling imported third country hop cones without an attestation of equivalence or control attestation; selling imported third country hop products without an attestation of equivalence; etc. Regulation 4 imposes restrictions on the movement. Regulation 5 provides for inspection of certification centres and premises; obstruct an inspector is an offence under Regulation 6. Regulation 7 concerns brewers' and processors' declarations and regulation 8 requires them to keep production records. Regulation 9 creates offences of removing, falsifying, etc. marks or certificates and making or using false entries in records. Regulation 10 provides for defences; regulations 11 and 12 are supplementary. Regulation 13 repeals the Hop Trade Act 1814 and the Hop (Prevention of Frauds) Act 1866 and revokes the Hops (Import Regulation) Order 1961. Full text English Website www.legislation.gov.uk