The Meat Products (England) Regulations 2003

Amendment of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996

9.  The Food Labelling Regulations 1996 shall (insofar as they extend to England) be amended as follows—

(a) in regulation 2(1) (interpretation), immediately after the definition of “liqueur wine” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““meat product” has the meaning assigned to it by the Meat Products (England) Regulations 2003;”;

(b) in regulation 23 (food which is not prepacked and similar food, and fancy confectionery products), in paragraph (2)—

(i) the word “and” at the end of sub–paragraph (a) shall be deleted, and

(ii) after sub–paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following—

• “and

  (c)

  in the case of a meat product other than one listed in Schedule 4A, the particulars required by regulation 5(bA) in respect of those of its ingredients being meat, within the meaning assigned to it by Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs, as amended by Commission Directive 2001/101/EC,”.

(c) after Schedule 4 there shall be inserted the Schedule contained in Schedule 4 to these Regulations.