Food and drinkS
4(1)Assisting persons to—
(a)produce or process food,
(b)use organic practices, methods or systems for food production or processing,
(c)meet certification requirements for organic food production or processing,
(d)encourage agricultural and scientific innovation.
(2)This purpose includes assisting persons to undertake an ancillary activity in respect of the production or processing of food.
(3)In this paragraph, an “ancillary activity” is an activity of selling, marketing, preparing, packaging or distributing food.
(4)In this schedule, a reference to—
(a)food includes drinks, and
(b)producing food includes hunting or catching wild animals, or picking wild plants, for food.
(5)For the purposes of this paragraph, “animal” means a vertebrate (other than a human) or invertebrate.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 38(2)
I2Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 16.6.2025 by S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2(1)