The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2013/2996
may be cited as the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013;apply in relation to England only, andcome into force on 31st December 2013.(2) Any amendment or revocation made by these Regulations has the same extent as the provision amended or revoked (but applies in relation to England only) .(1) In these Regulations —
  • the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990 ;
  • the Agency” means the Food Standards Agency;
  • authorised officer”, in relation to an enforcement authority, means any person (whether or not an officer of the authority) who is authorised by them in writing, either generally or specially, to act in matters arising under the Hygiene Regulations and Regulation 178/2002;
  • F48”the EU Hygiene Regulations” mean Regulation 852/2004, Regulation 853/2004, Regulation 2073/2005, Regulation 2015/1375, Regulation 2017/185 and Regulation 2017/625 and the Regulation 2017/625 package insofar as it and they apply to food;
  • ...
  • enforcement authority” means the authority which, by virtue of regulation 5, is responsible for executing and enforcing the Hygiene Regulations and Regulation 178/2002;
  • food authority” has the meaning that it bears by virtue of section 5(1) of the Act except that it does not include the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1) (c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner Temple and Middle Temple) ;
  • the Hygiene Regulations” means these Regulations and the EU Hygiene Regulations;
  • premises” includes any establishment, any place, vehicle, stall or moveable structure and any ship or aircraft; and
  • F56“the Regulation 2017/625 package” means Regulation 2017/625 and the other EU Regulations listed in Schedule 1 under the heading “The Regulation 2017/625 package”;
  • specified EU provision” means any provision of Regulation 178/2002 or the EU Hygiene Regulations that is specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 and whose subject-matter is described in column 2 of that Schedule.
(1A) Any reference in these Regulations to Directives or Regulations referred to in Schedule 1 have the meanings respectively given to them in that Schedule.(2) Subject to paragraph (3) , any expression other than one defined in paragraph (1) that is used both in these Regulations and in the Act has the meaning it bears in the Act.(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, any expression used both in these Regulations and in Regulation 178/2002 or the EU Hygiene Regulations has the meaning that it bears in Regulation 178/2002 or the EU Hygiene Regulations.by an order under section 2 or 7 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 by an order under section 6 of the Public Health Act 1936 by an order under paragraph 15(6) of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Act 1985 a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day or Good Friday; ora day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (6) In these Regulations, any reference to an EU instrument defined in Schedule 1 is a reference to that instrument as ... amended from time to time.(1) The following paragraphs apply for the purposes of these Regulations.(2) Any food commonly used for human consumption shall, if placed on the market or offered, exposed or kept for placing on the market, be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been placed on the market or, as the case may be, to have been or to be intended for placing on the market for human consumption.any food commonly used for human consumption which is found on premises used for the preparation, storage, or placing on the market of that food; andany article or substance commonly used in the manufacture of food for human consumption which is found on premises used for the preparation, storage or placing on the market of that food,(4) Any article or substance capable of being used in the composition or preparation of any food commonly used for human consumption which is found on premises on which that food is prepared shall, until

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