{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-food-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-food-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2004/505",
  "legislation_title": "The General Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-food-regulations-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Requirements under Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002: offences",
  "text": "Any person who contravenes any of the following provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 shall be guilty of an offence—\n(a) Article 12 (food and feed exported from the European Union) in so far as it relates to food;\n(b) Article 14(1) (food safety requirements);\n(c) Article 16 (presentation) in so far as it relates to food;\n(d) Article 18(2) or (3) (traceability) in so far as it relates to food business operators;\n(e) Article 19 (responsibilities for food : food business operators).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 substituted (1.1.2006) by The Official Feed and Food Controls Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/574), regs. 1, 41(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Regulations substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3-6, 8-10"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/505/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:55:04.902288+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}