Regulation 38 Intelligibility

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 38 applied by Jam and Similar Products 2004 reg. 6
reg. 38 applied by Specified Sugar Products 2003 reg. 6
reg. 38(1) words omitted by Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) 2000 reg. 11(7)
reg. 38(1) words omitted by Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) 2000 reg. 11(7)
reg. 38(1) words deleted by Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) 2000 reg. 11(7)
reg. 38 applied by Coffee Extracts and Chicory Extracts 2000 reg. 6
reg. 38(1) words inserted by Food Labelling 1999 reg. 8
reg.38 applied by Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water 1999 reg 19(2)
reg. 38 applied by Coffee Extracts and Chicory Extracts 2001 reg. 6
reg. 38 applied by Coffee Extracts and Chicory Extracts 2001 reg. 5 6
reg 38 applied by Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water 2007 reg. 22(2)
reg.38 rev in pt. by Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) 2000 reg 11 (7)
reg.38 revoked by Genetically Modified and Novel Foods (Labelling) 2000 reg.11(7) SI 1925, reg.11(7)
reg.38 amended by Food Labelling 1999 reg.8
reg. 38 applied by Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars 2003 reg. 6
reg. 38 applied by Cocoa and Chocolate Products 2003 reg. 7(1)
reg. 38 applied by Condensed Milk and Dried Milk 2003 reg. 6(1)
reg. 38 applied by Jam and Similar Products 2003 reg. 6
reg. 38 applied by Honey 2003 reg. 6
reg. 38 applied by Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars 2003 reg. 6
reg. 38 applied by Specified Sugar Products 2003 reg. 6
reg. 38 applied (temp. to 12.12.2014) by Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars 2013 reg. 1(3) 15
reg. 38 applied by Specified Sugar Products 2003 reg. 6
reg. 38 applied by Cocoa and Chocolate Products 2003 reg. 7(1)
reg. 38 applied (with modifications) by Condensed Milk and Dried Milk 2003 reg. 6
reg. 38 applied by Honey 2003 reg. 6
reg. 38 applied (with modifications) by Jam and Similar Products 2004 reg. 6
reg. 38 applied by Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water 2007 reg. 22(2)
reg. 38 applied (temp. until 12.12.2014) by Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars 2013 reg. 15
reg. 38 applied by Honey 2003 reg. 7
reg.038 applied (with modifications) by Condensed Milk and Dried Milk 2003 reg. 6(1)
reg. 38 applied by Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars 2003 reg. 6
reg. 38 applied by Cocoa and Chocolate Products 2003 reg. 7(1)
reg. 38(2) applied by Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water 2007 reg. 22(2)
reg. 38 applied by Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water 2007 reg. 22(2)
reg. 38 applied (temp. until 13.12.2014) by Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars 2013 reg. 1 15

(1)

The particulars with which a food is required to be marked or labelled by these Regulations, or which appear on a menu, notice, ticket or label pursuant to these Regulations, shall be easy to understand, clearly legible and indelible and, when a food is sold to the ultimate consumer, the said particulars shall be marked in a conspicuous place in such a way as to be easily visible.

(2)

Such particulars shall not in any way be hidden, obscured or interrupted by any other written or pictorial matter.

(3)

Paragraph (1) of this regulation shall not be taken to preclude the giving of such particulars at a catering establishment, in respect of foods the variety and type of which are changed regularly, by means of temporary media (including the use of chalk on a blackboard).