Scope of RegulationsE+W
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, these Regulations apply to coffee extracts and chicory extracts which are ready for delivery to the ultimate consumer or to a catering establishment.
(2) These Regulations do not apply to the product known as café torrefacto soluble.
(3) In this regulation—
“catering establishment" means a restaurant, canteen, club, public house, school, hospital or similar establishment (including a vehicle or a fixed or mobile stall) where, in the course of a business, food is prepared for delivery to the ultimate consumer and is ready for consumption without further preparation;
“preparation" includes manufacture and any form of processing or treatment; and
“ultimate consumer" means any person who buys otherwise than—
(a)for the purpose of resale,
(b)for the purposes of a catering establishment, or
(c)for the purposes of a manufacturing business.