Regulation 3 Scope

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these Regulations apply to food that is ready for delivery to the final consumer or to a mass caterer.

(2)

These Regulations do not apply in respect of any food—

(a)

that is not intended for sale for human consumption; or

(b)

to which the Processed Cereal-based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 M1 apply.

(3)

These Regulations do not apply to any product that is brought into Northern Ireland from another part of the United Kingdom, an EEA State or from the Republic of Turkey in which it was lawfully marketed.

(4)

In this regulation—

“final consumer” has the meaning given in point 18 of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety; and
“mass caterer” has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(d) of FIC.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: S.R. 2003 No.530