# The Food (Lot Marking) Regulations 1992, Regulation 5: Exception for sales units marked or labelled with indication of minimum durability or “use by” date


(1) Nothing in these Regulations requires a sales unit to bear any lot marking indication where—
(a) it is marked or labelled at the time of its sale with an indication of minimum durability or a “use by” date, and
(b) that marking or labelling has been carried out in accordance with the labelling regulations.
(2) Where a sale is not one to which the labelling regulations apply, but the sales unit is marked or labelled in such a manner as would accord with the labelling regulations were the sale one to which they applied that marking or labelling shall be treated for the purposes of paragraph (1) above as having been carried out in accordance with the labelling regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1357/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-lot-marking-regulations-1992/regulation-5
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