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Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

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These Regulations consolidate and replace the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984 and continue to implement Council Directive No. 79/112/EEC (O.J. No. L33, 8.2.79, p. 1) on the approximation of the laws of the member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs (apart from the provisions of that Directive relating to net quantity), as now amended by Council Directives 85/7/EEC (O.J. No. L2, 3.1.85, p. 22), 86/197/EEC (O.J. No. L144, 29.5.86, p. 38) and 89/395/EEC (O.J. No. L186, 30.6.89, p. 17) and Commission Directives 91/72/EEC (O.J. No. L42, 15.2.91, p. 27) and 93/102/EEC (O.J. No. L291, 25.11.93, p. 14). They also implement Commission Directive 87/250/EEC (O.J. No. L113, 30.4.87, p. 57) on the indication of alcoholic strength by volume in the labelling of alcoholic beverages for sale to the ultimate consumer, Council Directive 89/398/EEC (O.J. No. L186, 30.6.89, p. 27) on the approximation of the laws of the member States relating to foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses, Council Directive 90/496/EEC (O.J. No. L276, 6.10.90, p. 40) on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs, and Commission Directive 94/54/EC (O.J. No. L300, 23.11.94, p. 14), as now amended by Council Directive 96/21/EC (O.J. No. L88, 5.4.96, p. 5), concerning the compulsory indication on the labelling of certain foodstuffs of particulars other than those provided for in Council Directive 79/112/EEC.