The Egg Products Regulations 1993 - Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 1520 - Food

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Egg Products Regulations 1993 (Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 1520) set out the legal framework for how egg products must be handled, processed, and supplied for human consumption in the UK. The instrument defines key terms such as “egg products”, “batch”, “cracked eggs”, “egg products establishment”, and “handling”, and clarifies how the Food Safety Act 1990 applies for enforcement purposes. It provides the regulations’ citation and commencement date, and records joint ministerial authority for making the rules after required consultation.

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Interpretation and application

Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 1520 The Egg Products Regulations 1993 © Crown Copyright 1993 The legislation contained on this web site is subject to Crown Copyright protection. It may be reproduced free of charge provided that it is reproduced accurately and that the source and copyright status of the material is made evident to users. It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Statutory Instruments does not extend to the Royal Arms and the Queen's Printer imprints. The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made. The authoritative version is the Queen's Printer copy published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Egg Products Regulations 1993, ISBN 0110345207. Purchase this item. For details of how to obtain an official copy see How to obtain The Stationery Office Limited titles. To ensure fast access over slow connections, large documents have been segmented into "chunks". Where you see a "continue" button at the bottom of the page of text, this indicates that there is another chunk of text available. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1993 No. 1520 FOOD The Egg Products Regulations 1993 Made Laid before Parliament Coming into force 10th June 1993 23rd June 1993 14th July 1993 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 16(1) and (3), 17(1), 26 and 48(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 4(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990 [1] and ofall other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of the said Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations:— Title and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Egg Products Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 14th July 1993. Interpretation and application 2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— "the Act" means the Food Safety Act 1990; "appropriate Minister" means as respects England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and as respects Scotland or Wales, the Secretary of State;"approval" means, in relation to an establishment, an approval granted by a food authority under regulation 5(2); "approved", in relation to an establishment, means an establishment approved by the food authority for the area in which it is situated; "batch" means a quantity of egg products which have been prepared under the same conditions and in particular treated in a single continuous operation; "cracked eggs" means eggs with a damaged but unbroken shell, with intact membranes; "egg" means an egg laid by a hen, duck, goose, turkey, guinea fowl or quail; "egg products" means products obtained from eggs, their various components or mixtures thereof, after removal of the shell and outer membranes, intended for human consumption, and includes such products when partially supplemented by other foodstuffs and additives and such products when liquid, concentrated, crystallised, frozen, quick-frozen, coagulated or dried, but does not include finished foodstuffs; "egg products establishment" means any establishment at which egg products are treated, handled or obtained for the purpose of sale for human consumption;"food authority" means— (a) in relation to England and Wales— (i) as respects each district or London borough, the council of that district or borough; (ii) as respects the City of London (including the Temples), the Common Council; (iii) as respects the Inner Temple or the Middle Temple, the appropriate Treasurer; and (b) in relation to Scotland, the islands or district council, and in relation to

FAQs

When do the Egg Products Regulations 1993 come into force?

They state a commencement date of 14th July 1993.

What is “egg products” under the Regulations?

“Egg products” refers to products obtained from eggs (after removal of shell and outer membranes) intended for human consumption, including specified processing forms, but excluding finished foodstuffs.

How does the Food Safety Act 1990 apply for these Regulations?

Certain provisions of the Act are applied for the purposes of the Regulations, including rules on sale meaning, presumptions about food for human consumption, offences due to fault, and related enforcement defenses and procedures.

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