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Regulation 4 Restrictions on the use of certain names

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(1)

For the purposes of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996, a name which appears in column 1 of Schedule 2 shall not be used in the labelling or advertising of a meat product as the name of the food, whether or not qualified by other words, unless either —

(a)

the product complies with the appropriate requirements in columns 2 and 3 of that Schedule; or

(b)

the name is used in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2)

A name which appears in column 1 of Schedule 2 shall not be used in the labelling or advertising of a food, whether or not qualified by other words, in such a way as to suggest, either expressly or by implication, that the product designated by that name is an ingredient of the food unless —

(a)
(i)

that product is an ingredient of the food, and

(ii)

that product complied, at the time of preparation of the food, with the appropriate requirements in columns 2 and 3 of that Schedule; or

(b)
(i)

the name used as the name of the food for that food is a name which appears in column 1 of that Schedule, and

(ii)

the food complies with the appropriate requirements in columns 2 and 3 of that Schedule.

(3)

No person shall sell a food in the labelling of which a name is used in contravention of paragraphs (1) or (2).

(4)

No person shall use a name in contravention of paragraphs (1) or (2) in advertising a food for sale.