The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2012

Amendment to the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 U.K.

29.—(1) The Food Labelling Regulations 1996 M1 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), for the definition of “ingredient” substitute the following definition —

““ingredient” means —

(a)

any substance, including any additive or food enzyme and any constituent of a compound ingredient, which is used in the preparation of a food and which is still present in the finished product, even if in altered form; or

(b)

any released active substance within the meaning of Article 3(f) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 450/2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food,

and a “compound ingredient” shall be composed of two or more such substances;.”.

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) expire on 13th December 2014.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1996/1499. The definition of ingredient was previously amended by S.I. 2009/3235 and S.I. 2010/2225.