Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Part II Contents of prescribed Nutrition Labelling

1.  In respect of any food other than one to which paragraph 2 applies, prescribed nutrition labelling shall be given as follows—

(a) it shall include either—

(i) energy and the amounts of protein, carbohydrate and fat, or

(ii) energy and the amounts of protein, carbohydrate, sugars, fat, saturates, fibre and sodium,

provided that, where sugars, saturates, fibre or sodium is, or are, the subject of a nutrition claim, it shall be given in accordance with paragraph (ii);

(b) where such is the subject of a nutrition claim, it shall also include the amounts of any polyols, starch, mono-unsaturates, polyunsaturates, cholesterol, vitamins or minerals, and in the absence of such a claim it may include any of these, provided that in either case only those vitamins or minerals present in a significant amount as described in the Note to Tables A and B in Schedule 6 shall, or may, be so included;

(c) where labelling is given in accordance with sub-paragraph (a)(i) and, further to sub-paragraph (b) the amount of any of mono-unsaturates, polyunsaturates or cholesterol has been included, it shall also include the amount of saturates, and

(d) where such is the subject of a nutrition claim, it shall also include the name and amount of any substance which belongs to, or is a component of, one of the nutrients already required or permitted to be included.

2.—(1) In respect of any food which is not prepacked and which is sold—

(a) to the ultimate consumer other than at a catering establishment,

(b) to the ultimate consumer from a vending machine, whether or not such machine is located at a catering establishment, or

(c) to a catering establishment,

the prescribed nutrition labelling shall include such of energy and the amounts of any nutrient and the name and amount of any substance which belongs to, or is a component of, any nutrient, in respect of which a nutrition claim is made, and it may include any of the items listed in paragraph 1 of Part I in respect of which there is no such claim.