Amendment of the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19967
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.