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2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” means the Weights and Measures Act 1985;
“biscuits” includes wafers, rusks, crispbreads, extruded flatbread, oatcakes and matzos;
“bread” means bread in any form other than breadcrumbs and includes the following, and any part of the following that is to say, fancy loaves and milk loaves, and “loaf” in relation to bread includes a roll and a bap; and for the purposes of this Order any pre-packed sliced bread shall be deemed to be a whole loaf of bread and the pre-packing of sliced bread in any quantity by net weight shall be deemed to be the making for sale of a whole loaf of bread of that net weight;
“casein” and “caseinate” have the same meanings as they have in the Caseins and Caseinates Regulations 1985(1);
“chicory”, “chicory extract paste”, “coffee”, “coffee mixture”, “coffee extract paste”, “instant chicory”, “instant coffee”, “liquid chicory extract” and “liquid coffee extract” have the same meanings as they have in the Coffee and Coffee Products Regulations 1978(2);
“chocolate confectionery”, “flour confectionery” and “sugar confectionery” have the same meanings as they have in the Food Labelling Regulations 1984(3), except that “flour confectionery” includes food containing a filling which has as an ingredient vegetable protein material or microbial protein material;
“cocoa product”, “chocolate product”, “fancy chocolate product”, “container” in relation to these products and “reserved description” have the same meanings as they have in the Cocoa and Chocolate Products Regulations 1976(4); except that
“cocoa product” and “chocolate product” shall include a product specially prepared for diabetics or to which a slimming claim (as defined in the said Regulations) is lawfully applied and which has been specially prepared in connection with that claim by the addition of any ingredient other than an edible substance as so defined;
“coffee bag” means a permeable sealed bag, which is intended to be immersed in water in the course of preparation to drink, containing coffee or a coffee mixture, or a mixture of any of those products and instant coffee, which consists predominantly of coffee or a coffee mixture;
“condensed milk” and “dried milk” have the same meanings as they have in the Condensed Milk and Dried Milk Regulations 1977(5);
“liquid coffee and chicory products” means liquid coffee extract and liquid chicory extract, and blends thereof;
“milk” means cows' milk in any liquid form other than that of condensed milk (including evaporated milk) or of cream;
“potatoes” means potatoes in the state in which they were harvested or in that state apart from cleaning; “preserved milk” means condensed milk (including evaporated milk) or dried milk; “solid and paste coffee and chicory products” means instant coffee, coffee extract paste, instant chicory, chicory extract paste, and blends thereof, and extracts of blends of roasted coffee and roasted chicory.
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