Food (Lot Marking) Regulations 1996
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1996/1502 |
1996 No. 1502
FOOD
The Food (Lot Marking) Regulations 1996
Made 10th June 1996
Laid before Parliament 10th June 1996
Coming into force 1st July 1996
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6(4), 16(1)(e), 17(1), 26(1)(a) and (3) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 19901, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of that Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations, hereby make the following Regulations:—
Title and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Food (Lot Marking) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1 July 1996.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations, except where the context requires otherwise—
“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;
“edible ice” has the same meaning as in the Food Labelling Regulations;
“first seller established within the Community” has the same meaning as in Council Directive 89/396/EEC2;
“food” means food, within the meaning of the Act, intended for sale for human consumption;
“the Food Labelling Regulations” means the Food Labelling Regulations 19963and “indication of minimum durability”, “use by” date and “ultimate consumer” have the same meanings as in those Regulations;
“lot” means a batch of sales units of food produced, manufactured or packaged under similar conditions;
“lot marking indication” means an indication which allows identification of the lot to which a sales unit of food belongs;
“prepacked” has the same meaning as in the Food Labelling Regulations, and “pre-packaging” shall be construed accordingly;
“prepacked for immediate sale” has the same meaning as “prepacked for direct sale” in the Food Labelling Regulations; and
“sell” includes offer or expose for sale and have in possession for sale, and “sale” and “sold” shall be construed accordingly.
Lot marking requirement
3.—(1) Subject to the exceptions specified in regulation 4 below, no person shall sell any food which forms part of a lot unless it is accompanied by a lot marking indication.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation—
(a)
(a) a lot shall be determined as a lot to which food in the sales unit belongs by a producer, manufacturer, packager, or the first seller established within the Community, of the food in question; and
(b)
(b) a lot marking indication—
(i) shall be determined and affixed under the responsibility of one or other of those operators; and
(ii) shall be preceded by the letter “L”, except in cases where that lot marking indication is clearly distinguishable from the other indications on the packaging of the food or on a label attached to its packaging.
(3) A lot marking indication—
(a)
(a) for prepacked food shall appear on, or on a label attached to, the packaging of the food; and
(b)
(b) for food which is not prepacked shall appear on the container of the food or on a commercial document which accompanies the food, and
shall in all cases appear in such a way as to be easily visible, clearly legible and indelible.
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