2013 No. 804 FOOD
The Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment) Regulations 2013Made - - - - 4th April 2013
Laid before Parliament 10th April 2013
Coming into force - - 6th May 2013
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) (“the 1972 Act”) in relation to measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health(2) and in relation to the common agricultural
policy of the European Union(3).
The Secretary of State has carried out the consultation required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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(4).
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the 1972 Act and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for any reference in these Regulations to the Annexes to Council Directive 96/22/EC concerning the prohibition on the use in stockfarming
of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of beta-agonists(5), to Council Directive 96/23/EC on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products(6) and to Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 on pharmacologically
active substances and their classification regarding maximum residue limits in foodstuffs of animal origin(7) to be construed as a reference to those Annexes as amended from time to time.
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2(8) to, the 1972 Act, and by sections 16(1)(a), (b) and (f) and (3),17(1) and (2), 26(1) and 48(1) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990(9) and now vested in the Secretary of State(10).
