Article 19 Omission of the list of ingredients
United Kingdom
The following foods shall not be required to bear a list of ingredients:
fresh fruit and vegetables, including potatoes, which have not been peeled, cut or similarly treated;
carbonated water, the description of which indicates that it has been carbonated;
fermentation vinegars derived exclusively from a single basic product, provided that no other ingredient has been added;
cheese, butter, fermented milk and cream, to which no ingredient has been added other than lactic products, food enzymes and micro-organism cultures essential to manufacture, or in the case of cheese other than fresh cheese and processed cheese the salt needed for its manufacture;
foods consisting of a single ingredient, where:
- (i)
the name of the food is identical to the ingredient name; or
- (ii)
the name of the food enables the nature of the ingredient to be clearly identified.
In order to take into account the relevance for the consumer of a list of ingredients for specific types or categories of foods, F1regulations may be made, in exceptional cases, to supplement paragraph 1 of this Article, provided that omissions do not result in the final consumer or mass caterers being inadequately informed.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Art. 19(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/778), regs. 1, 4(8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)