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) to (4),

(b)

Part A of Annex VI; and

(c)

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

(i)

Article 17(5),

(ii)

and point 1 of Part B of Annex VI, and

(iii)

point 3 of Part B of Annex VI 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 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 inserted (1.10.2021) by The Food Information (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/80), regs. 1, 2(5)