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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-nutritional-standards-and-requirements-for-school-food-england-regulations-2007/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2359",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Nutritional Standards and Requirements for School Food) (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-nutritional-standards-and-requirements-for-school-food-england-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Meat Products Regulations ” means the Meat Products (England) Regulations 2003;\n“the Fruit Juices Regulations ” means the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (England) Regulations 2003;\n“confectionery” means chewing gum, cereal bars, processed fruit bars, non-chocolate confectionery (whether or not containing sugar), chocolate in any form (except hot chocolate), any product containing or wholly or partially coated with chocolate and any chocolate-flavoured substance, but excludes cocoa powder used in cakes, biscuits and puddings or in a drink listed in group F in Schedule 1;\n“food” includes drink;\n“fruit juice” means the products described by that name or by the name of “fruit juice from concentrate” in Schedule 1 to the Fruit Juices Regulations ;\n“meat” has the meaning assigned to it by Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs;\n“meat product” has the same meaning as in the Meat Products Regulations;\n“oily fish” includes anchovies, herring, kipper, mackerel, pilchards, salmon, sardines, trout, tuna (but not canned tuna) and whitebait;\n“portion” means an amount of a particular food provided to an individual as part of a meal;\n“sandwiches” includes filled rolls and similar products which are ready to eat without further preparation;\n“school lunch” means food provided for consumption by pupils as their midday meal on a school day, whether involving a set meal or the selection of items by them or otherwise;\n“snacks” means pre-packaged items other than confectionery which are ready to eat without further preparation and which consist of or include as a basic ingredient potato, cereals, soya, nuts, seeds, fruit or vegetables, but does not include sandwiches, cakes or biscuits;\n“transfer of control agreement” has the same meaning as in paragraph 2(7) of Schedule 13 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;\n“vegetable juice” means juice extracted from vegetables or tomatoes with no other substance added, except that any water extracted during concentration may be restored;\n“week” means the five days from Monday to Friday.\n(2) Nothing in these Regulations applies to food provided—\n(a) at parties or celebrations to mark religious or cultural occasions;\n(b) at fund-raising events;\n(c) as rewards for achievement, good behaviour or effort;\n(d) for use in teaching food preparation and cookery skills, provided that any food so prepared is not served to pupils as part of a school lunch ; or\n(e) on an occasional basis by parents or pupils.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/2075."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/1564."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No. L109, 6.5.2000, p. 29; as amended by Commission Directive 2001/101/EC (OJ No.L310, 28.11.2001, p.19)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/1855",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Information Regulations 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/3001",
      "affecting_title": "The Products Containing Meat etc. (England) Regulations 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/2775",
      "affecting_title": "The Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (England) Regulations 2013"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/2775",
      "affecting_title": "The Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (England) Regulations 2013"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2011/1190",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Nutritional Standards and Requirements for School Food) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/1800",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Nutritional Standards and Requirements for School Food) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/3001",
      "affecting_title": "The Products Containing Meat etc. (England) Regulations 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/3001",
      "affecting_title": "The Products Containing Meat etc. (England) Regulations 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/3001",
      "affecting_title": "The Products Containing Meat etc. (England) Regulations 2014"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2359/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:45:24.271971+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."
}