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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-information-amendment-england-regulations-2022/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/481",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Information (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-information-amendment-england-regulations-2022",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Food Information Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1855) to revoke and restate certain amendments made by the Food Information (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1218) (“the 2019 Regulations”). These Regulations are being issued free of charge to all known recipients of the 2019 Regulations.\nRegulation 5A, substituted by regulation 2(2) of this instrument, provides that food that is prepacked for direct sale, whether supplied to a final consumer or to a mass caterer, must have a list of ingredients provided directly on the package or on a label attached to the package. There is an exemption for packaging or containers the largest surface of which has an area of less than 10cm2. There is also an exemption where an offer for sale is made by means of distance communication.\nRegulation 6A, substituted by regulation 2(3) of this instrument, provides that food that is prepacked for direct sale, whether supplied to a final consumer or to a mass caterer, must have the name of the food provided directly on the package or on a label attached to the package. There is an exemption where an offer for sale is made by means of distance communication.\nOther provisions revoke and restate amendments made by the 2019 Regulations in consequence of these changes.\nA full impact assessment of the effect that the 2019 Regulations (substantive provisions from which this instrument restates) had on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from the Food Standards and Consumers Team, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2 Marsham Street, London, SWIP 4DF and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside these Regulations on www.legislation.gov.uk.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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