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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/caseins-and-caseinates-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/415",
  "legislation_title": "The Caseins and Caseinates Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/caseins-and-caseinates-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“casein product” means edible acid casein, edible caseinate or edible rennet casein;\n“edible acid casein” means a milk product obtained by separating, washing and drying the acid-precipitated coagulum of skimmed milk and/or of other products obtained from milk and complying with the standards set out in Schedule 1;\n“edible caseinate” means a milk product obtained by action of edible casein or edible casein curd coagulum with neutralizing agents, followed by drying and complying with the standards set out in Schedule 2;\n“edible rennet casein” means a milk product obtained by separating, washing and drying the coagulum of skimmed milk and/or of other products obtained from milk; the coagulum is obtained through the reaction of rennet or other coagulating enzymes and complying with the standards set out in Schedule 3;\n“FIC” means Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council ;\n“food business operator” has the meaning given in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council;\n“the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;\n“Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008” means Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food enzymes and amending Council Directive 83/417/EEC, Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, Directive 2000/13/EC, Council Directive 2001/112/EC and Regulation (EC) No 258/97 as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1056/2012 ; and\n“sell” includes possess for sale and offer, expose or advertise for sale.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (11.2.2019) by The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/5), regs. 1(1), 34(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (11.2.2019) by The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/5), regs. 1(1), 34(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "OJ. No. L304, 22.11.2011, p18 as last amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 78/2014 (OJ No. L27, 30.1.2014 p.7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "OJ No L 354, 3.12.2008, p 7, last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1056/2012 (OJ No L 313, 13.11.2012, p 9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/415/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:53:57.415043+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}