PART 10General and supplementary

Amendment to the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 199628.

(1)

The Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 199624 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), for the definition of “ingredient” substitute —

““ingredient” means —

(a)

any substance, including any additive or food enzyme and any constituent of a compound ingredient, which is used in the preparation of a food and which is still present in the finished product, even if in altered form; or

(b)

any released active substance within the meaning of Article 3(f) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 450/2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food,

and a “compound ingredient” must be composed of two or more such substances;.”.

(3)

Paragraphs (1) and (2) expire on 13th December 2014.