Contaminants in Food (England) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 3062 of 2004).

These Regulations: (a) provide that it is an offence to: (i) place on the market certain foods if they contain contaminants of any kind specified in the Commission Regulation at levels exceeding those specified (subject to a derogation applicable to certain types of lettuce and spinach), (ii) use food containing such contaminants at such levels as ingredients in the production of certain foods, (iii) mix foods which do not comply with the maxima referred to above with foods which do not, (iv) mix foods to which the Commission Regulation relates and which are intended for direct consumption with foods to which the Commission Regulation relates and which are intended to be sorted or otherwise treated prior to consumption, or (v) detoxify by chemical treatment food not complying with the limits specified in the Commission Regulation (reg. 3); (b) specify the enforcement authorities (reg. 4); (c) prescribe requirements in relation to the analysis of samples of foods subject to the Commission Regulation, and in doing so modify section 29 of the Food Safety Act 1990 in its application to the taking of samples of the foods concerned (reg. 5); (d) provide a defence in relation to exports in implementation of Articles 2 and 3 of Council Directive 89/397/EEC on the official control of foodstuffs, as read with the ninth recital to that Directive (reg. 6); (e) provide for the application of specified provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 for the purposes thereof (reg. 7); (f) subject to regulation 9, provide for the re-export to non-member States or in certain cases the destruction of imported food that contravenes certain requirements of regulation 3 (reg. 8); (g) establish a process by which food that would otherwise have to be re-exported or destroyed under regulation 8 can nevertheless be placed on the market (reg. 9); (h) include transitional provisions (regs. 10 and 11); and (i) make consequential amendments to the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 1990 in so far as they apply in relation to England (reg. 12).