The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2012

Amendment to the Food Labelling Regulations 1996

29.—(1) The Food Labelling Regulations 1996(1) are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), for the definition of “ingredient” substitute the following definition—

““ingredient” means—

(a)

any substance, including any additive or food enzyme and any constituent of a compound ingredient, which is used in the preparation of a food and which is still present in the finished product, even if in altered form; or

(b)

any released active substance within the meaning of Article 3(f) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 450/2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food,

and a “compound ingredient” is composed of two or more such substances;”.

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) will expire on 13 December 2014.

(1)

S.I. 1996/1499. The definition of “ingredient” was previously amended by S.I. 2009/3377 (W.299) and S.I. 2010/2288 (W.200).