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4.—(1) Subject to the transitional measures contained in Article 18 (relating to foods placed on the market before 1 July 2007), any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of the EC Regulation specified in paragraph (2) is guilty of an offence and liable —
(a)on conviction on indictment to a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years or to a fine or both;
(b)on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both.
(2) The specified provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are —
(a)Article 3(1) (requirement that only vitamins or minerals listed in Annex I and in form listed in Annex II may be added to food) as read with Article 17(1) (transitional application of national rules);
(b)Article 4 (prohibition on addition of vitamins and minerals to certain foods);
(c)Article 5(2) (requirement to observe purity criteria);
(d)Article 6(6) (requirement for added vitamins and minerals to be in the food in at least a significant amount as defined); and
(e)Article 7(1), (2) and (3) (restrictions and conditions applying to labelling, presentation and advertising of foods to which vitamins or minerals have been added) [F1, as read with the first subparagraph of Article 54(3) of 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].
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F1Words in reg. 4(2)(e) inserted (15.8.2014) by The Food Information Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1855), reg. 1(6)(f), Sch. 7 para. 7
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