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Article 23 Net quantity

United Kingdom

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1.

The net quantity of a food shall be expressed using litres, centilitres, millilitres, kilograms or grams, as appropriate:

(a)

in units of volume in the case of liquid products;

(b)

in units of mass in the case of other products.

2.

In order to ensure a better understanding by the consumer of the food information on the labelling, F1regulations may be made to establish for certain specified foods F2... a manner for the expression of the net quantity other than the one laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article.

3.

Technical rules for applying paragraph 1, including specific cases where the indication of the net quantity shall not be required, are laid down in Annex IX.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 23(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/778), regs. 1, 4(10)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Words in Art. 23(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/778), regs. 1, 4(10)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)