The Specific Food Hygiene (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of Regulation (EC) 853/2004

18.  In Annex 2—

(1) In Section 1—

(a) for Part B, substitute—

“5.   The mark must be legible and indelible, and the characters easily decipherable. It must be clearly displayed for the competent authorities.

6.   The mark must indicate the approval number of the establishment. If an establishment manufactures both food to which this Regulation applies and food to which it does not, the food business operator may apply the same identification mark to both types of food.

7.   When applied in an establishment located within the United Kingdom, the mark must be oval in shape and include the abbreviation “UK” or the words “United Kingdom”. Products imported into the United Kingdom from establishments located outside the United Kingdom must not be marked in any way which indicates or suggests that they were produced in the United Kingdom.

8.   When applied in an establishment located within a third country, the mark must indicate the name of the country in which the establishment is located, which may be written out in full or as shown as a two-letter code in accordance with the relevant ISO standard.”;

(b) in Part C, in paragraph 14, for “Community”, substitute “United Kingdom.”.

(2) In Section 3, in paragraph 3, in point (a), for “Commission Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005”, substitute “Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2015/1375”.

(3) In Section 4, in paragraph 2, for “Directive 2000/13/EC”, substitute “Regulation (EU) 1169/2011”.