{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-for-specific-groups-information-and-compositional-requirements-england-regulations-2016/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-for-specific-groups-information-and-compositional-requirements-england-regulations-2016/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/688",
  "legislation_title": "The Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (England) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-for-specific-groups-information-and-compositional-requirements-england-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Transitional Arrangements",
  "text": "Food for special medical purposes that does not comply with any specified provision of the Delegated Regulation specified in Schedule 1 may continue to be marketed until stocks of such food are exhausted provided that—\n(a) it complies with the provisions of the EU Regulation specified in Schedule 1;\n(b) it was placed on the market or labelled—\n(i) before 22nd February 2019; or\n(ii) before 22nd February 2020 in the case of food for special medical purposes developed to satisfy the nutritional requirements of infants; and\n(c) the requirements specified in regulation 3(1) and (2) of the Medical Food (England) Regulations 2000 (restrictions on sale) are met.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 substituted (22.2.2020) by The Food for Specific Groups (Food for Special Medical Purposes for Infants, Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula) (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Amendment etc.) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/43), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/688/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:22:25.725891+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."
}