http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/349/regulation/5The Nutrition and Health Claims Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007Food standardsFood safetyHealth and safety requirementsPublic order, justice and rightsLegislationenFOODStatute Law Database2024-05-20Expert Participation2023-10-01 These Regulations make provision for the execution and enforcement of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on nutrition and health claims made on foods, as corrected by a Corrigendum (OJ No. L12, 18.1.2007, p3), “the EC Regulation”. Offences and Penalties51Subject to the derogation contained in Article 1(3) (relating to trade marks etc) and to the transitional measures contained in Article 28, any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of the Regulation specified in paragraph (2) is guilty of an offence and liable —aon conviction on indictment to a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years or to a fine or both;bon summary conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both.2The specified provisions are —aArticle 3 (general requirements relating to all claims);bArticle 4(3) (restrictions on claims that may be made on alcoholic beverages);cArticle 6(2) (requirement for claims to be justified);dArticle 7 (requirements for nutrition information) as amended by Article 49 Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011;eArticle 8(1) (requirements for nutrition claims);fArticle 9 (requirements for comparative claims);gArticle 10(1), (2) and (3) (requirements for health claims);hArticle 12 (prohibition of certain health claims);iArticle 14(2) (requirements for reduction of disease risk claims).Reg. 5 in operation at 1.10.2007, see reg. 1Reg. 5(2)(d) substituted (13.12.2014) by The Food Information Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/223), reg. 1(2), Sch. 7 Pt. 2 para. 15
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Subject to the derogation contained in Article 1(3) (relating to trade marks
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