Amendments to the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
18. In regulation 35 (general requirement)—
(a)the existing text shall be numbered “(1)”;
(b)in the full-out words to paragraph (1), after “may” there shall be inserted “(except as provided in paragraph (2))”; and
(c)there shall be inserted after paragraph (1) the following paragraph—
“(2) In the case of food to which paragraph (1) applies which has been irradiated, other than food which is prepared for patients requiring sterile diets under medical supervision, the alternative provided for in the full-out words to that paragraph shall not apply as regards the particulars specified in regulations 14(2) and 26(4A) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 2, and “irradiated” or “treated with ionising radiation” shall in all cases appear on the commercial documents relating to such food.”.