The Food Information (Scotland) Regulations 2014

The Food Labelling Regulations 1996

2.  The Food Labelling Regulations 1996(1) are amended as follows—

(a) In Schedule 8 (misleading descriptions), Part I—

(i) in column 2 of the entry relating to the description “alcohol-free”, for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) the drink is marked or labelled with—

(i) an indication of its maximum alcoholic strength in a form comprising of the words “not more than” followed by a figure to more than one decimal place indicating its maximum alcoholic strength and the symbol “% vol.” (required form 1), “alcohol % vol.” (required form 2), or “alc. % vol.” (required form 3), or

(ii) in an appropriate case an indication that it contains no alcohol.”;

(ii) in column 2 of the entry relating to the description “dealchoholised”, for subparagraph (b) substitute—

“(b) the drink is marked or labelled with—

(i) an indication of its maximum alcoholic strength in required form 1,2 or 3; or

(ii) in an appropriate case, an indication that it contains no alcohol.”; and

(iii) in column 2 of the entry relating to the description “low alcohol” (or any other word or description which implies that the drink being described is low in alcohol), for subparagraph (b) substitute—

“(b) an indication of its maximum alcoholic strength in required form 1, 2 or 3.”.

(1)

S.I 1996/1499, as amended by 2011/2936 and to which there are other amendments not relevant to these amendments.