The Food Labelling (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2005

• Citation: S.I. 2005/2057
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Title, application and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Food Labelling (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2005; they apply in relation to England only and come into force on 25th November 2005.

Section 2 Amendment of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996

The Food Labelling Regulations 1996 shall be amended (in so far as they apply in relation to England) in accordance with regulations 3 to 7.

Section 3

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “Directive 2000/13”, for the words from “and Commission Directive 2002/67/EC ” to the end there shall be substituted the words “ , Commission Directive 2002/67/EC on the labelling of foodstuffs containing quinine, and of foodstuffs containing caffeine and Commission Directive 2005/26/EC establishing a list of food ingredients or substances provisionally excluded from Annex IIIa of Directive 2000/13/EC which was itself amended by Commission Directive 2005/63/ EC ” .

Section 4

In regulation 13(8)(c) (order of list of ingredients) there shall be inserted at the end the words “ other than, until 25th November 2007, ingredients which originate from an allergenic ingredient and are listed in column 2 of Schedule 2A in relation to that allergenic ingredient ” .

Section 5

In regulation 34B (foods containing allergenic ingredients or ingredients originating from allergenic ingredients) —

(a) in paragraph (1) for the words “Subject to paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted the words “ Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) ” ;

(b) in paragraph (2)(b) there shall be inserted at the beginning the words “ subject to paragraph (3) of this regulation, ” ;

(c) there shall be inserted at the end the following paragraph —

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2)(b) of this regulation shall not apply before 25th November 2007 as respects any ingredient which originates from an allergenic ingredient and is listed in column 2 of Schedule 2A in relation to that allergenic ingredient.

Section 6

In regulation 50(12)(b)(iii) (transitional provision) there shall be inserted after the number “12” the words “ (as read with regulation 5 of the Food Labelling (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2005) ” .

Section 7

After Schedule 2 (indications of treatment) there shall be inserted as Schedule 2A the contents of the Schedule to these Regulations.