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5.—(1) The Honey (Scotland) Regulations 2015 M1 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (general interpretation) after the definition of “in trade” insert the following definition—
““trading bloc” means a group of nations united by trade agreements,”.
(3) In regulation 16 (additional labelling requirements) for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) No person may trade in honey unless the country or countries of origin where the honey has been harvested is indicated on the label except that if the honey originates in more than one country, the countries may be replaced with one of the following indications (or similar wording) as appropriate—
[F1“blends of honeys from more than one country”,
“blend of honeys from (insert name of a specified continent or trading bloc)”,
“blend of honeys from outwith (insert name of a specified continent or trading bloc)”,
“blend of honeys from (insert name of a specified country) and (other countries)”,
“blend of honeys from (insert name of a specified continent or trading bloc) and outwith (insert name of a specified continent or trading bloc)”, or
“blend of honeys from (insert name of a specified country or specified continent or trading bloc) and (other countries”).”] .
(4) After regulation 17 (penalties and enforcement) insert—
17A. In carrying out its obligations under regulation 17, a food authority must, whenever possible, use internationally recognised validated methods of analysis such as those approved by the Codex Alimentarius.”.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 5(3) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Food and Feed (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/372), regs. 1(2)(a), 9(5)
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I1Reg. 5 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)
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