Regulation 6A Foods that are prepacked for direct sale – general requirement to name themF1

(1)

A food business operator who offers for sale a food to which this regulation applies must provide the particulars required by Article 9(1)(a) (the name of the food), as read with—

(a)

Article 17(1) and (4),

(b)

Part A of Annex 6, and

(c)

in the case of a food offered for sale using a minced meat designation as a name—

(i)

Article 17(5),

(ii)

point 1 of Part B of Annex 6, and

(iii)

point 3 of Part B of Annex 6, as read with regulation 4 and Schedule 2.

(2)

This regulation applies to a food that—

(a)

is offered for sale to a final consumer or to a mass caterer, and

(b)

is prepacked for direct sale.

(3)

The particulars in paragraph (1) must be provided directly on the package or on a label attached to the package, except in the case of an offer for sale made by means of distance communication.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 6A substituted (19.5.2022) by The Food Information (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/481), regs. 1(1), 2(3)