The Food Labelling (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Amendment of the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

7.  In regulation 15 (compound ingredients) –

(a) in paragraphs (3) and (4) there shall be inserted at the beginning “Subject to regulation 34B,”;

(b) in paragraph (4) after sub-paragraph (a) “or” shall be omitted and for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted –

“(b) subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), the composition of the compound ingredient is defined in Community legislation and the compound ingredient constitutes less than 2 per cent of the finished product, or

(c) subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), the compound ingredient consists of a mixture of spices or herbs or both and constitutes less than 2 per cent of the finished product.;

(c) after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted –

“(5) Subject to regulation 17, any additive which is an ingredient of such a compound ingredient as is mentioned in paragraph (4)(b) or (c) shall be named in the list of ingredients in accordance with paragraph (2).

(6) Where an ingredient of such a compound ingredient as is mentioned in paragraph (4)(b) or (c) has been irradiated, the name of that ingredient and the words required by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 shall be given, except in the case of food which is prepared for patients requiring sterile diets under medical supervision.”.

8.   In regulation 17 (ingredients which need not be named) –

(a) there shall be inserted at the beginning “Subject to regulation 34B,”;

(b) after paragraph (d) there shall be inserted –

(e) any substance which is not an additive but which is used in the same way and for the same purpose as a processing aid.”.