{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-178/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-178/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2002/178",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-178",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Presentation",
  "text": "Without prejudice to more specific provisions of food law, the labelling, advertising and presentation of food or feed, including their shape, appearance or packaging, the packaging materials used, the manner in which they are arranged and the setting in which they are displayed, and the information which is made available about them through whatever medium, shall not mislead consumers.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/178/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:56:37.989568+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."
}