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Health, Social Care and Sport Committee 09 December 2025

09 Dec 2025 · S6 · Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Item of business
Subordinate Legislation
The Food Safety Act 1990 Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2026 [Draft]
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The third item on our agenda is consideration of an affirmative instrument. The purpose of the draft Food Safety Act 1990 Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2026 is to amend provisions of the 1990 act by restating secondary assimilated law within the meaning of section 12(2)(b) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023. Regulation 2 amends section 17 of the 1990 act to replace references to “EU” obligations and provisions with “assimilated” obligations and provisions, and it replaces a reference to “directly applicable EU provision” with

“provisions of assimilated direct legislation”.

The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the instrument at its meeting on 18 November 2025 and made no recommendations in relation to it.

We will now have an evidence session on the instrument with the Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health and her supporting officials. Once any questions that we have are answered, we will proceed to a formal debate on the motion. I welcome Jenni Minto, the minister; Emma Luton, a Scottish Government lawyer; Greig Walker, project lead in the Scottish Government’s constitutional policy unit; and Jennifer Howie, UK and international relations team lead at Food Standards Scotland.

I invite the minister to make a brief opening statement.

In the same item of business

The Convener SNP
The third item on our agenda is consideration of an affirmative instrument. The purpose of the draft Food Safety Act 1990 Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 20...
The Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health (Jenni Minto) SNP
I am pleased to join the committee to consider the draft Food Safety Act 1990 Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2026. As the committee will be aware, I am adv...
Sandesh Gulhane Con
Thank you for coming to the committee, minister. The changes are technical, but will there be any implications for industry?
Jenni Minto SNP
In what respect?
Sandesh Gulhane Con
In any respect. Will there be any implications for industry as a consequence of the way in which the regulations are written?
Jenni Minto SNP
The reason for introducing the SSI is to return the statute book to how it should be. The statute book has not been updated, so it still refers to “EU law”, ...
The Convener SNP
I have had no indication that any other member wishes to ask a question, so we will move to agenda item 4, which is the formal debate on the instrument on wh...
The Convener SNP
That concludes our consideration of the instrument.