Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations–
“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;
“chicory” means the roots of Cichorium Intybus L., other than the roots of plants used for the production of witloof chicory, and which have been suitably cleaned, dried and roasted;
“chicory extracts” means the concentrated product obtained by extraction from roasted chicory using only water as the medium of extraction (excluding any process of hydrolysis involving the addition of an acid or a base);
“coffee extracts” means the concentrated product obtained by extraction from roasted coffee beans using only water as the medium of extraction (excluding any process of hydrolysis involving the addition of an acid or a base) and which contains only the soluble and aromatic constituents of coffee, apart from those insoluble substances which it is technically impossible to remove and insoluble oils derived from coffee;
“designated product” means any food specified in column 2 of Part I or II of the Schedule (as read with any Note in those columns relating to that food) but does not include any product which contains such a food as an ingredient and which is sold, consigned or delivered as a compound product;
“the 1996 Regulations” means the Food Labelling Regulations 1996(1);
“reserved description”, as respects any designated product, means any description specified in relation to that product in column 1 of Part I or II of the Schedule and the use of any such description in these Regulations shall be construed as meaning the designated product specified in relation to that description in column 2 of the respective Part;
“sell” includes offer or expose for sale or have in possession for sale, and “sale” and “sold” shall be construed accordingly.
(2) All proportions mentioned in these Regulations are proportions calculated by weight and are calculated on the total weight of the product.
(3) Any reference in these Regulations to the Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the Schedule to these Regulations.
S.I. 1996/1499; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1998/1398, 1999/1483 and S.S.I. 2000/309.