Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Article 13 U.K. Requirements

1. Without prejudice to the other requirements of [F1 retained EU] law concerning the labelling of foodstuffs, foods falling within the scope of this Section shall be subject to the following specific labelling requirements:

(a) where the food consists of more than one ingredient, the words ‘genetically modified’ or ‘produced from genetically modified (name of the ingredient)’ shall appear in the list of ingredients provided for in Article 6 of Directive 2000/13/EC in parentheses immediately following the ingredient concerned;

(b) where the ingredient is designated by the name of a category, the words ‘contains genetically modified (name of organism)’ or ‘contains (name of ingredient) produced from genetically modified (name of organism)’ shall appear in the list of ingredients;

(c) where there is no list of ingredients, the words ‘genetically modified’ or ‘produced from genetically modified (name of organism)’ shall appear clearly on the labelling;

(d) the indications referred to in (a) and (b) may appear in a footnote to the list of ingredients. In this case they shall be printed in a font of at least the same size as the list of ingredients. Where there is no list of ingredients, they shall appear clearly on the labelling;

(e) where the food is offered for sale to the final consumer as non-pre-packaged food, or as pre-packaged food in small containers of which the largest surface has an area of less than 10 cm², the information required under this paragraph must be permanently and visibly displayed either on the food display or immediately next to it, or on the packaging material, in a font sufficiently large for it to be easily identified and read.

2. In addition to the labelling requirements referred to in paragraph 1, the labelling shall also mention any characteristic or property, as specified in the authorisation, in the following cases:

(a) where a food is different from its conventional counterpart as regards the following characteristics or properties:

(i)

composition;

(ii)

nutritional value or nutritional effects;

(iii)

intended use of the food;

(iv)

implications for the health of certain sections of the population;

(b) where a food may give rise to ethical or religious concerns.

3. In addition to the labelling requirements referred to in paragraph 1 and as specified in the authorisation, the labelling of foods falling within the scope of this Section which do not have a conventional counterpart shall contain appropriate information about the nature and the characteristics of the foods concerned.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 13(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Genetically Modified Food and Feed (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/705), regs. 1, 17; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)