The Food Information (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 2016 No. 249 — creates 2 criminal offences.

Made

27 June 2016

In force from

20 July 2016

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales

Made under

(EC) No 1924/2006, (EC) No 1925/2006, (EC) No. 178/2002, 2002/67/EC, 2008/5/EC, Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004, Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC, Directive 87/250/EEC, Directive 90/496/EEC, European Communities Act 1972, Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations make provision to enforce the requirements of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 828/2014 on the requirements for the provision of information to consumers on the absence or reduced presence of gluten in food. The Regulations are made having regard in particular to Article 36(3)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25th October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers (“FIC”) which were implemented by the Food Information Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations). Regulation 2 makes amendments to the 2014 Regulations to ensure that appropriate references to FIC and FIC provisions incorporate references to Regulation 828/2014. Regulation 3 revokes the Foodstuffs Suitable for People Intolerant to Gluten Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.

Offences created by this instrument

• A person is guilty of an offence if the person fails to comply with— a any provision of FIC specified in paragraph… regulation 10(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Offences 10 1 A person is guilty of an offence if the person fails to comply with— a any provision of FIC specified in… regulation 2(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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How Parliament handled it

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• Other instruments from 2016