Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations —

• “the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;

• “food authority” does not include —

  1. (a)

     the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner Temple and Middle Temple); or

  2. (b)

     the council of a district of a non-metropolitan county except where the county functions have been transferred to that council pursuant to a structural change;

• “port health authority” means —

  1. (c)

     in relation to the London port health district, the Common Council of the City of London, and

  2. (d)

     in relation to any port health district constituted by order under section 2(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984^f1, a port health authority for that district constituted by order under section 2(4) of that Act;

• F1“the Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006of the European Parliament and of the Council on nutrition and health claims made on foods, as the Annex to that Regulation may be amended from time to time;

• F2“specified provision of the Regulation” means—

  1. (a)

     Article 3 (general requirements relating to all claims);

  2. (b)

     Article 4(3) (restrictions on claims that may be made on alcoholic beverages);

  3. (c)

     Article 6(2) (requirement for use of claims to be justified);

  4. (d)

     Article 7 (requirements for nutrition information);

  5. (e)

     Article 8(1) (requirements for nutrition claims);

  6. (f)

     Article 9 (requirements for comparative claims);

  7. (g)

     Article 10(1), (2) or (3) (requirements for health claims);

  8. (h)

     Article 12 (prohibition of certain health claims); or

  9. (i)

     Article 14(2) (requirements for reduction of disease risk claims).

Expressions used in these Regulations and in the Regulation have the same meaning in these Regulations as they do in that Regulation.

Any reference to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered in the Regulation.