# Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 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 (Text with EEA relevance), Division 2: In the case of foods that have been frozen before sale and which are sold defrosted, the name of the food shall be accompanied by the designation ‘defrosted’.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This requirement shall not apply to the following:
(a)ingredients present in the final product;
(b)foods for which freezing is a technologically necessary step of the production process;
(c)foods for which the defrosting has no negative impact on the safety or quality of the food.
This point shall apply without prejudice to point 1.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1169/annex/VI/part/A/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1169/annex-VI/part-A/division-2
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