Tin in Food Regulations 1992
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1992/496 |
| Year | 1992 |
1992 No. 496
FOOD
The Tin in Food Regulations 1992
Made 4th March 1992
Laid before Parliament 11th March 1992
Coming into force 9th April 1992
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 4(1), 6(4), 16(1)(a), 18(1)(c), 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 19901, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, after consultation in accordance with section 48 of the said Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests substantially affected by the Regulations:–
Title and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Tin in Food Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 9th April 1992.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, “the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990.
Scope
3.—(1) These Regulations do not apply to any food–
(a)
(a) which is not intended for sale for human consumption; or
(b)
(b) which is supplied for consumption by a visiting force; or
(c)
(c) which is supplied by the service authorities of a visiting force to–
(i) a headquarters,
(ii) members of such a force or headquarters, or
(iii) property held or used by such force or headquarters.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) above–
(a)
(a) “visiting force” (for the purpose of sub-paragraph (b)) and “service authority” (for the purpose of sub-paragraph (c)) shall have the meanings assigned to them, for the purposes of any provision in Part I of the Visiting Forces Act 19522, by section 12 of that Act;
(b)
(b) “visiting force” and “headquarters” shall for the purpose of sub-paragraph (c) have the meanings assigned to them by article 3(2) of the Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) Order 19653.
Sale, etc. of food containing tin
4. No person shall sell, or import into Great Britain, any food containing a level of tin exceeding 200 milligrams per kilogram of such food.
Penalties and enforcement
5.—(1) If any person contravenes or fails to comply with the foregoing provision of these Regulations, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(2) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, each food authority shall enforce within its area the provisions of these Regulations.
(3) Each port health authority shall enforce within its district the provisions of these Regulations.
(4) In this regulation “food authority”...
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