The Food Information (Scotland) Regulations 2014
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2014/312 |
| Year | 2014 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Food Information (Scotland) Regulations 2014 and extend to Scotland only.(2) Except as provided for in paragraphs (3) and (4) , these Regulations come into force on 13th December 2014.(3) The specified FIC provisions in Part 2 of Schedule 3 come into force on 13th December 2016.(4) Part 2 of Schedule 4, and regulation 13 so far as it relates to that Part of Schedule 4, come into force on 13th December 2018.(1) In these Regulations—The requirements laid down in Articles 9(1) and 10(1) do not apply to milk or milk products presented in a glass bottle where the...
- “the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;
- F69“Directive 1999/2/EC” means Directive 1999/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of laws of the Member States concerning foods and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation.
- “final consumer” has the meaning given in point 18 of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety;
- “FIC” means Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004;
- “food authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ;
- “food business operator” has the meaning given in point 3 of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety;
- “mass caterer” has the meaning given in Article 2(2) (d) and “mass caterers” must be construed accordingly;
- “means of distance communication” has the meaning given in Article 2(2) (u) ;
- “prepacked for direct sale” has the same meaning as in Article 2(2) (e) ;
- “prepacked food” has the meaning given in Article 2(2) (e) F70and “prepacked” is to be construed accordingly; and
- “specified FIC provision” means a provision specified in column 1, as read with column 2, of Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
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