
Article 1 

1. This Regulation concerns contaminants contained in food.‘Contaminant’ means any substance not intentionally added to food which is present in such food as a result of the production (including operations carried out in crop husbandry, animal husbandry and veterinary medicine), manufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packing, packaging, transport or holding of such food, or as a result of environmental contamination. Extraneous matter, such as, for example, insect fragments, animal hair, etc, is not covered by this definition.“Food Safety Authority” means—
(a) as regards  England and Wales, the Food Standards Agency;
(b) as regards Scotland, Food Standards Scotland;“appropriate authority” means—
(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
(b) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.
2. This Regulation shall not apply to contaminants which are the subject of more specific ... rules....
3. Provisions relating to contaminants shall be adopted in accordance with this Regulation, except those laid down by the rules referred to in paragraph 2.
Article 2 

1. Food containing a contaminant in an amount which is unacceptable from the public health viewpoint and in particular at a toxicological level shall not be placed on the market.
2. Furthermore, contaminant levels shall be kept as low as can reasonably be achieved by following good practices at all the stages referred to in Article 1.
3. In order to protect public health and pursuant to paragraph (1), the appropriate authority may by regulations made in accordance with this Regulation make provision where necessary to establish the maximum tolerances for specific contaminants. These measures are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it.These tolerances shall be adopted in the form of a non-exhaustive ... list and may include:
— limits for the same contaminant in different foods;
— analytical detection limits;
— a reference to the sampling and analysis methods to be used.
(4.) Any power to make regulations under this Regulation—
(a) so far as exercisable by a Minister of the Crown, is exercisable by statutory instrument;
(b) so far as exercisable by the Welsh Ministers, is exercisable by statutory instrument.
(5.) For regulations made under this Regulation by the Scottish Ministers, see also section 27 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Scottish statutory instruments).
(6.) Any power to make regulations under this Regulation includes power—
(a) to make different provision in relation to different cases or classes of case (including different provision for different areas or different classes of business);
(b) to provide for such exceptions, limitations and conditions, and to make such supplementary, incidental, consequential or transitional provisions, as the appropriate authority considers necessary or expedient.
(7.) 
                    Any statutory instrument or Scottish statutory instrument  containing regulations under this Regulation is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution—
(a) in the case of England, of either House of Parliament;
(b) in the case of Wales, of the  Senedd Cymru;
(c) in the case of Scotland, of the Scottish Parliament.
(8.) In this Regulation, any power—
(a) of the Secretary of State to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to England only;
(b) of the Welsh Ministers to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to Wales only;
(c) of the Scottish Ministers to make regulations is limited to regulations which apply in relation to Scotland only.
Article 3 
Provisions which may have an effect upon public health shall be adopted after consultation  with the Food Safety Authority.
Article 4 
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Article 9 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1993.
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