The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Made: 19th December 2007

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1

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Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Prohibition on the marketing of infant formula or follow-on formula unless certain conditions are met

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Prohibition on the marketing of products other than infant formula for normal healthy infants

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Substances in such quantity as to endanger the health of infants and young children

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Protein sources and other food ingredients suitable for infants from birth (infant formula)

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Protein sources and other food ingredients suitable for infants aged over six months (follow-on formula)

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Compositional criteria for infant formula

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Compositional criteria for follow-on formula

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Addition of water (infant formula and follow-on formula)

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Prohibitions and limitations on the use of food ingredients (infant formula and follow-on formula)

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Listed substances and their purity criteria (infant formula and follow-on formula)

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Notification of infant formula

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Pesticide residues (infant formula and follow-on formula)

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Naming of infant formula

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Naming of follow-on formula

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Labelling of infant formula

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Labelling of follow-on formula

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Avoidance of the risk of confusion between infant formula and follow-on formula

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Presentation (infant formula and follow-on formula)

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Restrictions on advertising infant formula

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Restrictions on advertising follow-on formula

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Restrictions on promotion of infant formula

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Provision of informational and educational material dealing with the feeding of infants

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Free or reduced rate infant formula

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Export of infant formula to third countries

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Export of follow-on formula to third countries

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Offences and enforcement

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Application of various Articles of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

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Amendment of the Medical Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

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Revocation and transitional arrangements

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 19th December 2007.

Andrew McCormick — A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) Article 3(6)

[^f00002]: S.I. 1991/762 (N.I.7) as amended by S.I. 1996/1663 (N.I.12), paragraphs 26 to 42 of Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999 c.28 and S.R.2004 Nos. 482 and 505

[^f00003]: 1972 c.68, paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51)

[^f00004]: S.I. 2003/2901

[^f00005]: OJ No. L401, 30.12.2006, p.1

[^f00006]: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p. 1 as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 575/2006 amending Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the number and names of the Permanent Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority (OJ No. L100, 8.4.2006, p.3), by virtue of Regulation 5 of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004 No.482), with effect from 7th December 2004 the consultation requirement contained in Article 47(3) of the 1991 Order is disapplied in any case in which consultation is required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002

[^f00007]: 1954 c.33 (N.I.)

[^f00011]: S.R. 2000 No.187; relevant amending regulation is S.R. 2007 No.408

[^f00012]: S.R. 1995 No. 85, amended by S.R. 1997 No.213, S.R. 2000 No.235, S.R. 2003 No.529, S.R. 2006 No.2 and S.R. 2007

Editorial notes

[^key-35903568c6c91b0ea2f99a45ab1bd1d6]: Regulations revoked (22.2.2020) by The Food Safety (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/16), reg. 1, Sch. 2 reg. 7 (with reg. 7)