Export of infant formula to third countries
26.—(1) No person may export to a third country any infant formula which contravenes or fails to comply with—
(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 may export to a third country a product represented as suitable for satisfying by itself the nutritional requirements of normal healthy infants during the first four to six months of life unless that product is infant formula.
(1)
Codex Stan 72-1981, volume 4, Codex Alimentarius, 1981.
(2)
S.I. 1996/1502.