2011 No. 1450 （W.172）
FOOD, WALES
The Food Additives （Wales） （Amendment） （No. 2） Regulations 2011
Made
8 June 2011
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
9 June 2011
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 3
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16（1）（a） and （f）, 17（1） and 48（1） of the Food Safety Act 1990（1） which are now vested in them（2）.
In accordance with section 48（4A） of that Act, they have had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency.
As required by Article 9 of Regulation （EC） No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety（3）, there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation and evaluation of these Regulations.
Title
1. The title of these Regulations is The Food Additives （Wales） （Amendment） （No.2） Regulations 2011.
Amendment of the Food Additives （Wales） Regulations 2009
2.—（1） The Food Additives （Wales） Regulations 2009（1） are amended in accordance with paragraph （2）.
（2） In paragraph （1） of regulation 2 （interpretation）, at the end of the definition of “Directive 08/128” add the words “as amended by Commission Directive 2011/3/EU amending Directive 2008/128/EC laying down specific purity criteria on colours for use in foodstuffs;”。
Commencement
3.—（1） These Regulations come into force —
（a）as regards the entries for synthetic lycopene and lycopene from Blakeslea trispora in sections （i） and （iii） respectively of the Annex to Directive 2011/3/EU, on 1 July 2011; and
（b）as regards the entries for lycopene from red tomatoes in section （ii） of that Annex, on 1 September 2011.
（2） In this regulation “Directive 2011/3/EU” means Commission Directive 2011/3/EU amending Directive 2008/128/EC laying down specific purity criteria on colours for use in foodstuffs（1）.
Lesley Griffiths
Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
8 June 2011