The Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (England, Wales and Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 1991

The Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars Regulations 1977^f1 (“the English and Welsh Regulations”) and the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (Scotland) Regulations1977^f2 (“the Scottish Regulations”) shall be further amended in accordance with the followingprovisions of these Regulations.

In these Regulations“the 1977 Regulations” means the English and Welsh Regulations and the ScottishRegulations.

for the definition of“fruit juice” substitute the following definition—

• ““fruit juice” means—

  1. (a)

     the food consisting of fermentable but unfermented juicewhich—

     1. (i)

        is obtained from fruit by mechanical processes and has thecharacteristic colour, aroma and flavour of juice of the fruit fromwhich it is obtained, or

     2. (ii)

        is obtained from concentrated fruit juice by the addition of waterand has the organoleptic and analytical characteristics of fruit juiceobtained from fruit of the same kind by mechanical processes, or

     3. (iii)

        is obtained from fruit other than apricots, citrus fruits, grapes,peaches, pears or pineapples by diffusion processes and is intended tobe used in the preparation of concentrated fruit juice;

  2. (b)

     fruit puree where the nature of the fruit from which thejuice is to be obtained is such that it is impossible to extract thejuice without the pulp;”;

in the definition of“fruit nectar”—

in the definition of“sell” insert immediately after the word“sell”the words“, save in relation to regulation 7(1A),”;

after the definition of“sugar” insert the following definition—

by substituting for paragraph (1) thereof the followingparagraph—

“(1)

No person shall sell—

(a)

any fruit juice or dried fruit juice which, in accordance withparagraph (b), (c) or (d) of the proviso to regulation 11(1), containsany added sugar in excess of 15 grammes per litre, or

(b)

any concentrated fruit juice which in accordance with paragraph (b),(c) or (d) of the proviso to regulation 11(1) contains any added sugar,

unless the food is marked or labelled with the word“sweetened” followed by a declaration of the maximum added sugar content of thefood in grammes per litre, so, however, that the content declared shallnot exceed the actual content by more than 15 per cent of the actualcontent.”;

by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph—

“(1A)

No person shall sell any concentrated fruit juice which, inaccordance with paragraph (m) of the proviso to regulation 11(1),contains any added sugar unless at the time of that sale the purchaserhas been notified that sugar has been added to the concentrated fruitjuice.”;

by substituting for paragraph (9) thereof the followingparagraph—

in sub-paragraph (f)(i) substitute“items 1A, 3, 4 and 5A of column 1” for“items 3 and 4 of column 1”;

insert the following new sub-paragraphs after sub-paragraph(k)—

“(l)

for the purposes of sub-paragraph (b), (c) and (d) of thisparagraph“concentrated fruit juice” shall mean concentrated fruit juice which has been prepackaged forsale to the ultimate consumer;

(m)

concentrated orange juice which is not prepackaged and not intendedfor sale to the ultimate consumer may contain added sugar in aproportion after dilution to its preconcentrated strength not exceeding15 grammes per litre calculated as dry matter.”.

in item 1 insert after“Apple nectar” the words“other than apple nectar obtained exclusively from apple pureeor concentrated apple puree or an admixture thereof”;

insert the following item immediately after item 1—

“

In column 1	In column 2	In column 3
(fruit juice, concentrated fruit juice or fruit nectar)	(added permitted acid)	(grammes per litre after dilution if appropriate, not exceeding)
1A Apple nectar obtained exclusively from apple puree or concentrated apple puree or an admixture thereof	Citric acid	5

”;

insert the following item between existing items 5 and 6—

“

In column 1	In column 2	In column 3
(fruit juice, concentrated fruit juice or fruit nectar)	(added permitted acid)	(grammes per litre after dilution if appropriate, not exceeding)
5A Any admixture of the fruit nectars referred to in items 1A, 3 and 4 of this Schedule	Citric acid	5

”.