Health and Sport Committee, 04 Jun 2008

Meeting date: Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Official Report 210KB pdf

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Subordinate Legislation

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Food Labelling (Declaration of Allergens) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/180)

We are considering a Scottish statutory instrument that is subject to the negative procedure. SSI 2008/180 implements European Commission directive 2007/68/EC, which amends the list of allergens, the presence of which must be indicated on the packaging of pre-packaged food. The regulations also implement the directive's changes to the list of instances in which a product is exempt from the labelling requirement because of the level of processing that has been undertaken. I seem to remember some difficulty with labels in the past; I hope that we get it right this time.

The Subordinate Legislation Committee drew the regulations to the attention of the Health and Sport Committee because an explanation of the use of enabling powers had been sought from the Scottish Government. The SLC was satisfied with the explanation that was given. No comments have been received from members and no motion to annul has been lodged. Do we agree that the committee will make no recommendation in relation to the regulations?

Members indicated agreement.