These Regulations further amend the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1499) (“the principal Regulations”) in so far as they apply in relation to England. The principal Regulations extend to the whole of Great Britain.

These Regulations implement in England Commission Directive No. 2006/142/EC (OJ No. L368, 23.12.2006, pp.110-111) amending Annex IIIa of Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council listing the ingredients which must under all circumstances appear on the labelling of foodstuffs. Two new ingredients are added to that list.

A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Labelling, Standards and Additives Division of the Food Standards Agency, Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NH and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website.