PART 1Introduction

General interpretation3.

(1)

In these Regulations—

bulk containers” has the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Honey Directive;

FIC” means Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 F1as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council M1;

the Honey Directive” means Council Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey F2as last amended by Directive 2014/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council M2;

ingredient” has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(f) of FIC, as read with Article 2(5) of the Honey Directive;

in trade” has the same meaning as in the Honey Directive;

label” has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(i) of FIC;

the Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

packs” has the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Honey Directive;

trade documents” has the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Honey Directive;

specific quality criteria” has the same meaning as in the third indented paragraph of paragraph (b) of the second sub-paragraph of point 2 of Article 2 of the Honey Directive.

(2)

Any other expression used in both these Regulations and in the Honey Directive has the same meaning in these Regulations as in that Directive.