Foods that are not prepacked etc. – general requirement to name them6

1

A food business operator who offers for sale a food to which this regulation applies must provide the particulars required by Article 9(1)(a) (the name of the food) as read with—

a

Article 17(1) to (4), and

b

in the case of food offered for sale using a minced meat designation as a name—

i

Article 17(5) and point 1 of Part B of Annex VI, and

ii

point 3 of Part B of Annex VI as read with regulation 4 and Schedule 2.

2

This regulation applies to a food that is offered for sale to a final consumer or a mass caterer and is—

a

not prepacked,

b

packed on the sales premises at the consumer’s request, or

c

prepacked for direct sale.

3

This regulation does not apply to a food prepared to be ready for consumption by a final consumer that is offered for sale to a final consumer by a mass caterer (whether at a mass catering establishment where sales are made in person to a final consumer or by means of distance communication) as part of their business as a mass caterer.

4

The particulars must appear—

a

on a label attached to the food, or

b

on a notice, ticket or label that is readily discernible by an intending purchaser at the place where the intending purchaser chooses that food.

5

Paragraph (4) does not apply in the case of an offer for sale made by means of distance communication.