The Jam and Similar Products (Scotland) Regulations 2004
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2004/133 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Jam and Similar Products (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 28th April 2004.(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.(1) In these Regulations–it contains any additional ingredient other than a permitted additional ingredient;any raw material referred to in paragraphs 2 to 4 of Schedule 2 used in the preparation of that food has been subjected to any treatment other than an authorised treatment.(3) Any other expression used both in these Regulations and in Directive 2001/113 has the same meaning in these Regulations as in that Directive.(1) Subject to F34paragraph (2) , these Regulations apply to specified jam or similar products, intended for human consumption and ready for delivery to the ultimate consumer or to a catering establishment.(2) These Regulations do not apply to any specified jam or similar product intended for the manufacture of fine bakery wares, pastries or biscuits.(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .such food is the specified jam or similar product to which the reserved description relates; such description, derivative or word is used in such a context as to indicate explicitly or by clear implication that the substance to which it relates is only an ingredient of that food; or such description, derivative or word is used in such a context as to indicate explicitly or by clear implication that such food is not and does not contain a specified jam or similar product. the reserved description of the product;where any specified jam or similar product has a residual sulphur dioxide content of more than 10 milligrams per kilogram then, in addition to any particulars required to be identified in a list of ingredients by F28Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, that residual content shall be identified in the list of ingredients according to the percentage by weight of the residue in the product as “sulphur dioxide”.of a product prepared from a single kind of fruit, an indication of that kind of fruit;of a product prepared from two kinds of fruit, an indication of those kinds of fruit in descending order of the weight of the fruit, fruit pulp, fruit purée, fruit juice, fruit peel or aqueous extract of fruit used in the preparation of the product; andof a product prepared from three or more kinds of fruit, an indication of those kinds of fruit in descending order of weight of fruit, fruit pulp, fruit purée, fruit juice, fruit peel or aqueous extract of fruit used in the preparation of the product or alternatively the words “mixed fruit” or similar wording or the number of kinds of fruit used in the preparation of the product;an indication of the proportion of fruit used in the preparation of the product in the form “prepared with Xg of fruit per 100 g”, there being inserted in place of “ X ” the quantity in grams of fruit used or fruit from which the fruit pulp, fruit purée, fruit juice, fruit peel and aqueous extract of fruit used for every hundred grams of the finished product are derived; andexcept where a nutritional claim as regards sugar content is made and the product is marked or labelled as regards sugar content with the prescribed nutrition labelling as set out in F29Articles 30 to 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, an indication of the total sugar content in the form “total sugar content: Yg per 100 g”, there being inserted in place of “ Y ” the content in grams of soluble dry matter in each hundred grams of the product, determined by refractometer at 20°C, the content shown being accurate to +/- 3 refractometric degrees.(3) The particulars with which the product is required to be marked or labelled in accordance with paragraph (2) (b) and (c) shall appear in the labelling of the food in the same field of vision as the name of the food and in clearly visible characters.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with regulations 4 or 5 of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence.(2) Any person found guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.(3) Each food authority shall enforce and execute these Regulations in its area....
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