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The Food Information (Scotland) Regulations 2014
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Foods [F1other than prepacked or prepacked for direct sale]– general requirement to name themS
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6.—(1) A food business operator who offers for sale a food to which this regulation applies at premises where sales are made to final consumers must provide the particulars required by Article 9(1)(a) (the name of the food) as read with—
(a)Article 17(1) to (4) and Part A of Annex VI; and
(b)in the case of food offered for sale using a minced meat designation as a name—
(i)Article 17(5) and point 1 of Part B of Annex VI; and
(ii)point 3 of Part B of Annex VI as read with regulation 4 and Schedule 1.
(2) This regulation applies to a food that is offered for sale to a final consumer or a mass caterer [F2and]—
(a)[F3is] not prepacked; [F4or]
(b)[F5is] packed on the operator's premises at the consumer's request[F6.]
F7(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) This regulation does not apply to a food prepared to be ready for consumption by a final consumer that is offered for sale to a final consumer by a mass caterer (whether at a mass catering establishment where sales are made in person to a final consumer or by means of distance communication) as part of their business as a mass caterer.
(4) The particulars must appear—
(a)on a label attached to the food; or
(b)on a notice, ticket or label that is readily discernible by an intending purchaser at the place where they choose that food.
(5) In this regulation “offered for sale” has the same meaning as in Article 44 and “offers for sale” shall be construed accordingly.
(6) Paragraph (4) does not apply in the case of an offer for sale made by means of distance communication.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 6 heading substituted (1.10.2021) by The Food Information (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/70), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(a)
F2Word in reg. 6(2) substituted (1.10.2021) by The Food Information (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/70), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(b)(i)
F3Word in reg. 6(2)(a) inserted (1.10.2021) by The Food Information (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/70), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(b)(ii)(aa)
F4Word in reg. 6(2)(a) inserted (1.10.2021) by The Food Information (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/70), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(b)(ii)(bb)
F5Word in reg. 6(2)(b) inserted (1.10.2021) by The Food Information (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/70), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(b)(iii)(aa)
F6Reg. 6(2)(b): full stop substituted for semicolon (1.10.2021) by The Food Information (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/70), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(b)(iii)(bb)
F7Reg. 6(2)(c) omitted (1.10.2021) by virtue of The Food Information (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/70), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(b)(iv)
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