SCHEDULE 4Amendment of the Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (England) Regulations 2016

Amendment of regulation 8 of the 2016 RegulationsI13

For regulation 8 of the 2016 Regulations (transitional arrangements) substitute—

Transitional arrangements8

Food for special medical purposes that does not comply with any specified provision of the Delegated Regulation specified in Schedule 1 may continue to be marketed until stocks of such food are exhausted provided that—

a

it complies with the provisions of the EU Regulation specified in Schedule 1;

b

it was placed on the market or labelled—

i

before 22nd February 2019; or

ii

before 22nd February 2020 in the case of food for special medical purposes developed to satisfy the nutritional requirements of infants; and

c

the requirements specified in regulation 3(1) and (2) of the Medical Food (England) Regulations 2000 M1 (restrictions on sale) are met.