CHAPTER II

GENERAL FOOD LAW
SECTION 4

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF FOOD LAW

Traceability
Article 18
1
The traceability of food, feed, food-producing animals, and any other substance intended to be, or expected to be, incorporated into a food or feed shall be established at all stages of production, processing and distribution.
2
Food and feed business operators shall be able to identify any person from whom they have been supplied with a food, a feed, a food-producing animal, or any substance intended to be, or expected to be, incorporated into a food or feed.
To this end, such operators shall have in place systems and procedures which allow for this information to be made available to the competent authorities on demand.
3
Food and feed business operators shall have in place systems and procedures to identify the other businesses to which their products have been supplied. This information shall be made available to the competent authorities on demand.
4
Food or feed which is placed on the market or is likely to be placed on the market in Great Britain shall be adequately labelled or identified to facilitate its traceability, through relevant documentation or information in accordance with the relevant requirements of more specific provisions.
5
The appropriate authority may make regulations for the purpose of applying the requirements of this Article in respect of specific sectors.
Art. 18(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 19(b) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 10(11)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 18(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 19(a) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 10(11)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)