The Tryptophan in Food (England) Regulations 2005
Made - - - - 21st September 2005 Laid before Parliament 28th September 2005
Coming into force - - 11th November 2005
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(a) and (f), 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990(a) and now vested in her(b), having had regard in accordance with section 48(4A) of that Act to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency and after consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council(c) laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety, makes the following Regulations:
Title, application and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Tryptophan in Food (England) Regulations 2005; they apply in relation to England only and come into force on 11th November 2005. Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations —
“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;
“appropriate medical certificate” means a certificate in writing given by a registered medical practitioner that a person requires food to which tryptophan has been added to treat a condition from which a registered medical practitioner has diagnosed him to be suffering; “Directive 2001/15/EC” means Commission Directive 2001/15/EC(d) on substances that may be added for specific nutritional purposes in foods for particular nutritional uses, as amended by Commission Directive 2004/5/EC(e);
