CHAPTER II

GENERAL FOOD LAW
SECTION 1

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF FOOD LAW

General objectives
Article 5
1
Food law shall pursue one or more of the general objectives of a high level of protection of human life and health and the protection of consumers' interests, including fair practices in food trade, taking account of, where appropriate, the protection of animal health and welfare, plant health and the environment.
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3
Where international standards exist or their completion is imminent, they shall be taken into consideration in the development or adaptation of food law, except where such standards or relevant parts would be an ineffective or inappropriate means for the fulfilment of the legitimate objectives of food law or where there is a scientific justification, or where they would result in a different level of protection from the one determined as appropriate in Great Britain.
Words in Art. 5(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 9(b) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 10(4)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 5(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/641), regs. 1, 9(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)