Regulation 3 Lot marking requirement

(1)

Subject to the following provisions of these Regulations, no person shall sell any food to which a lot marking obligation applies unless the lot marking rules are observed in relation to that sale.

(2)

For the purposes of these Regulations—

(a)

food is food to which a lot marking obligation applies if it comprises—

(i)

a production sales unit, that is to say a sales unit of food produced as part of a batch of such sales units produced under similar conditions,

(ii)

a preparation sales unit, that is to say a sales unit of food prepared as part of a batch of such sales units prepared under similar conditions, or

(iii)

a packaging sales unit, that is to say a sales unit of food packaged as part of a batch of sales units packaged under similar conditions, and

(b)

a sales unit of food comprises food in the process of being, or which can reasonably be expected to be, sold as an identifiable unit.

(3)

The Schedule to these Regulations specifies how lot marking rules are observed in relation to any sale of food.