# The Food Information Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, Paragraph 1: The Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 are amended in accordance with subparagraphs (2) to (4).
(2) In regulation 2(1)(interpretation), for the definition of “ingredient” substitute—
““ingredient” has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(e) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, as amended from time to time;”.
(3) In regulation 3 (exemptions), for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) This regulation does not apply to a food that is brought into Northern Ireland from another part of the United Kingdom, an EEA State (other than the United Kingdom), a member State (other than the United Kingdom) or from the Republic of Turkey in which it was lawfully produced or marketed.”.
(4) In Schedule 8 (misleading descriptions), Part I—
(a) In the second column of the table for the entry relating to the description “alcohol-free”, for subparagraph (b) substitute—
“(b) the drink is marked or labelled with—
(i) an indication of its maximum alcoholic strength in a form comprising of the words “not more than” followed by a figure to not more than one decimal place indicating its maximum alcoholic strength and the symbol “% vol.” (required form 1), “alcohol % vol.” (required form 2), or “alc. % vol.” (required form 3), or
(ii) in an appropriate case, an indication that it contains no alcohol.”;
(b) In the second column of entry relating to the description “dealcoholised”, for subparagraph (b) substitute—
“(b) the drink is marked or labelled with—
(i) an indication of its maximum alcoholic strength in required form 1, 2 or 3, or
(ii) in an appropriate case, an indication that it contains no alcohol.”; and
(c) In the second column of entry relating to the description “low alcohol” (or any other word or description which implies that the drink being described is low in alcohol), for subparagraph (b) substitute—
“(b) an indication of its maximum alcoholic strength in required form 1, 2 or 3.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/223/schedule/7/part/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-information-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/schedule-7/part-2/paragraph-1
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