Food and feed imported into Great Britain for placing on the market within Great Britain must comply with the relevant requirements of food law or conditions recognised by Great Britain to be at least equivalent thereto or, where a specific agreement exists between the United Kingdom and an exporting country, with requirements contained therein.]
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 11 substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 13 (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 10(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.Food and feed exported or re-exported from [F3Great Britain] for placing on the market of a third country shall comply with the relevant requirements of food law, unless otherwise requested by the authorities of the importing country or established by the laws, regulations, standards, codes of practice and other legal and administrative procedures as may be in force in the importing country.
In other circumstances, except in the case where foods are injurious to health or feeds are unsafe, food and feed can only be exported or re-exported if the competent authorities of the country of destination have expressly agreed, after having been fully informed of the reasons for which and the circumstances in which the food or feed concerned could not be placed on the market in [F3Great Britain].
[F42. Where the provisions of a bilateral agreement concluded between the United Kingdom and a third country are applicable, food and feed exported from the United Kingdom to that third country must comply with those provisions.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Art. 12 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 14(a) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 10(7)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 12(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 14(b) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 10(7)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Art. 12(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 14(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
[F5The appropriate authorities must—]
contribute to the development of international technical standards for food and feed and sanitary and phytosanitary standards;
promote the coordination of work on food and feed standards undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organisations;
contribute, where relevant and appropriate, to the development of agreements on recognition of the equivalence of specific food and feed-related measures;
give particular attention to the special development, financial and trade needs of developing countries, with a view to ensuring that international standards do not create unnecessary obstacles to exports from developing countries;
promote consistency between international technical standards and food law while ensuring that the high level of protection adopted in [F6Great Britain] is not reduced.
Textual Amendments
F5Words in Art. 13 substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 15(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in Art. 13(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 15(b) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 10(8)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)