The Food (Jelly Confectionery) (Emergency Control) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

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(a) the definition of "the Commission Decision" shall be deleted;

(b) for the definition of "controlled jelly confectionery" there shall be substituted the following definition  - 

" "controlled jelly confectionery" means  - 
(a) any jelly confectionery which contains E425 : Konjac : (i) Konjac gum (ii) Konjac glucomannane and which is intended for human consumption; and

(b) any jelly mini-cups which contain any of the relevant food additives and which are intended for human consumption;";



(c) immediately after the definition of "controlled jelly confectionery" there shall be inserted the following definition  - 

" "the first Commission Decision" means Commission Decision 2002/247/EC suspending the placing on the market and import of jelly confectionery containing the food additive E425 : Konjac[4];"; and

(d) for the definition of "port health authority" there shall be substituted the following definitions  - 

" "port health authority" means in relation to any port health district constituted by order under section 2(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984[5], a port health authority for that district constituted by order under section 2(4) of that Act;
"the relevant food additives" means the food additives: E400 : alginic acid; E401 : sodium alginate; E402: potassium alginate; E403 : ammonium alginate; E404 : calcium alginate; E405 : propane 1,2-diol alginate; E406 : agar; E407 : carrageenan; E407a : processed euchema seaweed; E410 : locust bean gum; E412 : guar gum; E413 : tragacanth; E414 : acacia gum; E415 : xanthan gum; E417 : tara gum and E418: gellan gum; and
"the second Commission Decision" means Commission Decision 2004/374/EC of 13 April 2004 suspending the placing on the market and import of jelly mini-cups containing the food additives: E400, E401, E402, E403, E404, E405, E406, E407, E407a, E410, E412, E413, E414, E415, E417 and / or E418[6].".

    (3) For paragraph (2) of regulation 2 there shall be substituted the following paragraph  - 

    " (2) Any term used both in these Regulations and in the first Commission Decision or in the second Commission Decision has the same meaning as in the first Commission Decision, or as the case may be, the second Commission Decision.".

    (4) In regulation 3 (prohibitions)  - 

(a) immediately after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph  - 

    " (2A) For the purposes of paragraph (1), any jelly mini-cups which contain any of the relevant food additives shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to be controlled jelly confectionery.";

(b) immediately after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph  - 

    " (3A) No person shall use any of the relevant food additives in the manufacture of any jelly mini-cups which are intended for human consumption.";

(c) immediately after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following paragraph  - 

    " (4A) For the purposes of paragraph (3A) any jelly mini-cups shall be presumed, until the contrary, is proved to be intended for human consumption."; and

(d) in paragraph (5) for the words "paragraph (1) or (3)" there shall be substituted the words "paragraph (1), (3) or (3A)".

    (5) In the modified version of section 9 of the Food Safety Act 1990[7] applied by paragraph (2) of regulation 5 (application etc. of various provisions of the Act)  - 

(a) immediately after subsection (2)(b) there shall be added  - 


" (c) any person has used any of the relevant food additives in the manufacture of any jelly mini-cups which are intended for human consumption, in contravention of regulation 3(3A) of those Regulations.";



(b) in subsection (5)(b) for the words "regulation 3(1) or (3)" there shall be substituted the words "regulation 3(1), (3) or (3A)";

(c) in subsection (6) for the words "regulation 3(1) or (3)" there shall be substituted the words "regulation 3(1), (3) or (3A)"; and

(d) for subsection (9) there shall be substituted the following subsection  - 

    " (9) For the purposes of  - 


(a) subsection (2)(a) above, any jelly confectionery which contains E425 : Konjac (i) Konjac gum (ii) Konjac glucomannane shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to be controlled jelly confectionery;

(b) subsection (2)(a) above, any jelly mini-cups which contain any of the relevant food additives shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to be controlled jelly confectionery;

(c) subsection (2)(b) above, any jelly confectionery shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to be intended for human consumption; and

(d) subsection (2)(c) above, any jelly mini-cups shall be presumed, until the contrary, is proved to be intended for human consumption.".

    (6) In paragraph (3) of regulation 5 for the words "The expressions "controlled jelly confectionery", "food authority", "jelly confectionery", "port health authority" and "for human consumption"" there shall be substituted the words "The expressions "controlled jelly confectionery", "food authority", "jelly confectionery", "jelly mini-cups, "port health authority", "the relevant food additives" and "for human consumption"".



Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[8]


D.Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

4th May 2004

[2] 1972 c. 68.back

[3] S.I. 2002/1090.back

[4] OJ No. L84, 28.3.2002, p.69.back

[5] 1984 c.22.back

[6] OJ No. L118, 23.4.2004, p.70.back

[7] 1990 c.16.back

[8] 1998 c.38.back