The Food Labelling (Amendment) Regulations 1998

Amendment of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996

4.  In regulation 3 (exemptions) there shall be substituted for paragraph (1) the following paragraphs—

“(1) Subject to paragraph (1A) of this regulation, these Regulations shall not apply in respect of—

(a) any food to which the provisions of the EEA Agreement apply brought into Great Britain from an EEA State in which it was lawfully produced and sold;

(b) any food lawfully produced in another member State brought into Great Britain from a member State in which it was lawfully sold; or

(c) any food lawfully produced outside the European Community brought into Great Britain from a member State in which it was in free circulation and lawfully sold,

if—

(i) the requirements of Article 2 of Directive 79/112 are met in respect of that food;

(ii) that food is marked or labelled, in a language easily understood by the consumer, with the particulars provided for in Articles 3 and 4(2) of that Directive;

(iii) the name of the food and any other descriptive information accompanying it is in accordance with Article 5(1) of that Directive; and

(iv) where applicable, the requirements of Directive 87/250, Directive 89/398, Directive 90/496 and Directive 94/54 are met in respect of that food.

(1A) Nothing in paragraph (1) of this regulation shall prevent the enforcement of—

(a) regulation 44(1)(a) in relation to a contravention of regulation 31; or

(b) regulation 44(1)(c), (d) or (e).”.