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Export of infant formula to third countries

26.—(1) No person shall export to a third country any infant formula which contravenes or fails to comply with the requirements, prohibitions and restrictions set out in–

(a)regulation 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14(1), (2) or (3), 17, or 19;

(b)the Codex Standard for Infant Formula established by the Codex Alimentarius(1);

(c)The Food (Lot Marking) Regulations 1996(2).

(2) No person shall export to a third country a product which is represented as suitable for satisfying by itself the nutritional requirements of normal healthy infants during the first 4 to 6 months of life unless that product is infant formula.

(1)

Codex Stan 72-1981, volume 4, Codex Alimentarius, 1981.

(2)

S.I. 1996/1502.