Regulation 4 Use of the name fruit juice
A person trading in a fruit juice must use the name “[x] juice” as the name of the product with the relevant name of the fruit from which the juice comes substituting “[x]” in accordance with regulation 10 and subject to paragraph (2) F1and a person may include the statement “fruit juices contain only naturally occurring sugars” on the label in the same field of vision as the name of the product.
Paragraph (1) does not prevent a name listed in column 2 of Schedule 11 being used as the name of a fruit juice provided that—
the name is in the language provided for in column 2 of that Schedule, and
the fruit juice meets the requirements of the corresponding product description in column 3 of that Schedule.
A person must not use the name “fruit juice” or “juice” together with the name of a fruit, in trade, as the name of a product if the product is not fruit juice.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 4(1) inserted (14.6.2026) by The Breakfast Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/5), regs. 1, 5(4) (with reg. 7(1))