The Food Information (Scotland) Regulations 2014

[F1 Foods that are prepacked for direct sale – duty to list ingredients S

5A.— (1) A food business operator who offers for sale a food to which this regulation applies must provide directly on the packaging or on a label attached to the packaging the particulars required by—

(a) Article 9(1)(b) (list of ingredients), as read with—

(i) Article 13(1) to (3) (presentation of mandatory particulars), as read with any regulations made in accordance with Article 13(4),

(ii) Article 15 (language requirements),

(iii) Article 16(2) (omission of certain mandatory particulars), so far as it relates to the particulars required by Article 9(1)(b),

(iv) Article 17 (name of the food), as read with Parts A and C of Annex VI (mandatory particulars accompanying the name of the food) and, in the case of an ingredient using a minced meat designation as a name, the following points of Part B of Annex VI—

(aa) point 1, and

(bb) point 3, as read with regulation 4 (derogation relating to minced meat) and schedule 1 (mark to be used on minced meat to which the derogation in regulation 4 applies),

(v) Article 18 (list of ingredients), as read with Annex VII (indication and designation of ingredients) and paragraph (1)(a)(iv) of this regulation,

(vi) Article 19(1) (omission of the list of ingredients), as read with any regulations made in accordance with Article 19(2), and

(vii) Article 20 (omission of constituents of food from the list of ingredients),

(b) where a food is a relevant food, Article 9(1)(c) (certain substances or products causing allergies or intolerances), as read with Article 21(1) (labelling of certain substances or products causing allergies or intolerances) and Annex II (substances or products causing allergies or intolerances).

(2) This regulation applies to a food that—

(a) is offered for sale to a final consumer or to a mass caterer otherwise than by means of distance communication, and

(b) is prepacked for direct sale.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 5A inserted (1.10.2021) by The Food Information (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/70), regs. 1(2), 2(4)