The Food Information (Scotland) Regulations 2014

The Food Labelling Regulations 1996 S

[F1 2.   Schedule 8 (misleading descriptions), Part I of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 is amended as follows—

(a) in column 2 of the entry relating to the description “alcohol-free”, for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) the drink is marked or labelled with—

(i) an indication of its maximum alcoholic strength in a form comprising of the words “not more than” followed by a figure to not more than one decimal place indicating its maximum alcoholic strength and the symbol “% vol.” (required form 1), “alcohol % vol.” (required form 2), or “alc. % vol.” (required form 3), or

(ii) in an appropriate case an indication that it contains no alcohol.”;

(b) in column 2 of the entry relating to the description “dealchoholised”, for subparagraph (b) substitute—

“(b) the drink is marked or labelled with—

(i) an indication of its maximum alcoholic strength in required form 1, 2 or 3; or

(ii) in an appropriate case, an indication that it contains no alcohol.”; and

(c) in column 2 of the entry relating to the description “low alcohol” (or any other word or description which implies that the drink being described is low in alcohol), for subparagraph (b) substitute—

“(b) the drink is marked or labelled with an indication of its maximum alcoholic strength in required form 1, 2 or 3.”]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 5 para. 2 substituted (19.1.2016) by The Food Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/410), regs. 1(2), 3(10)(b)