The Food Information (Wales) Regulations 2014

The Food Labelling Regulations 1996

13.  In Schedule 8 (misleading descriptions), Part I—

(a) in the second column of entry relating to the description “alcohol-free”, for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) the drink is marked or labelled with—

(i) an indication of its maximum alcoholic strength in a form comprising the words “not more than” followed by a figure to not more than one decimal place indicating its maximum alcoholic strength and the symbol “% vol.” (required form 1), “alcohol % vol.” (required form 2), or “alc. % vol.” (required form 3), or

(ii) in an appropriate case, an indication that it contains no alcohol.”

(b) in the second column of entry relating to the description “dealcoholized”, for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) the drink is marked or labelled with—

(i) an indication of its maximum alcoholic strength in required form 1, 2 or 3, or

(ii) in an appropriate case, an indication that it contains no alcohol,”; and

(c) in the second column of entry relating to the description “low alcohol” (or any other word or description which implies that the drink being described is low in alcohol), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) an indication of its maximum alcoholic strength in required form 1, 2 or 3.”