Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 1169)

CHAPTER IV U.K. MANDATORY FOOD INFORMATION

SECTION 2 U.K. Detailed provisions on mandatory particulars

Article 26 U.K. Country of origin or place of provenance

1. This Article shall apply without prejudice to labelling requirements provided for in specific [F1 provisions in EU-derived domestic legislation or retained direct EU legislation, in particular Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs].

2. Indication of the country of origin or place of provenance shall be mandatory:

(a) where failure to indicate this might mislead the consumer as to the true country of origin or place of provenance of the food, in particular if the information accompanying the food or the label as a whole would otherwise imply that the food has a different country of origin or place of provenance;

(b) for meat falling within the Combined Nomenclature (‘CN’) codes listed in Annex XI. The application of this point [F2 is subject to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1337/2013 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the indication of the country of origin or place of provenance for fresh, chilled and frozen meat of swine, sheep, goats and poultry and any regulations made under paragraph 8].

3. Where the country of origin or the place of provenance of a food is given and where it is not the same as that of its primary ingredient:

(a) the country of origin or place of provenance of the primary ingredient in question shall also be given; or

(b) the country of origin or place of provenance of the primary ingredient shall be indicated as being different to that of the food.

[F3 The application of the first subparagraph is subject to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/775 laying down rules for the application of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, as regards the rules for indicating the country of origin or place of provenance of the primary ingredient of a food and any regulations made under paragraph 8 concerning the application of that subparagraph.]

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[F5 8. Regulations may be made:

(a concerning the application of paragraphs 2(b) and 3;

(b to revoke Regulation (EU) No 1337/2013 or Regulation (EU) No 2018/775.]

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Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 26(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/529), regs. 1, 5(14)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Art. 26(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/778), regs. 1, 4(12)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in Art. 26(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/778), regs. 1, 4(12)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1501, regs. 1(a), 5(3)(c)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Art. 26(4)-(7) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/529), regs. 1, 5(14)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Art. 26(8) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/778), regs. 1, 4(12)(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1501, regs. 1(a), 5(3)(c)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))

F6 Art. 26(9) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/529), regs. 1, 5(14)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)