The Jam and Similar Products (England) Regulations 2003

UK Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 3120 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 1 December 2003
In force from: 31 December 2003
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales
Made under: (EC) No. 178/2002, Food Safety Act 1990

Explanatory note

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These Regulations, which apply to England, implement Council Directive 2001/113/EC concerning fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human consumption (OJ No. L10, 12.1.2002, p. 67) and also contain national measures. They revoke and replace the Jam and Similar Products Regulations 1981, as amended, in relation to England. The Regulations— a prescribe definitions and reserved descriptions for certain specified jam products (regulation 2 and Schedules 1 and 2). The products described in the entries numbered 1 to 7 of Schedule 1 are those in relation to which the Directive applies whilst those specified in the entries numbered 8 to 11 in Schedule 1 are included as national measures; b provide for the circumstances in which the Regulations apply (regulation 3); c restrict the use of reserved descriptions to the specified jam and similar products to which they relate (regulation 4); d prescribe labelling requirements for such products (regulation 5); e make provision as to the manner of marking and labelling specified jam and similar products (regulation 6); f specify a penalty for contraventions of the Regulations, enforcement authorities and, in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of Council Directive 89/397/EEC on the official control of foodstuffs (OJ No. L186, 30.6.89, p. 23) and the European Economic Area Agreement, a defence in relation to exports (regulations 7 and 8); g apply various provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 (regulation 9); h revoke the previous Regulations and make consequential amendments and transitional provision (regulations 10 and 11). A full Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the Library of each House of Parliament, together with a Transposition Note setting out how the main elements of the European legislation referred to above are transposed in these Regulations. Copies may be obtained from the Food Labelling and Standards Division of the Food Standards Agency, Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NH.

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Jam and Similar Products (England) Regulations 2003 Commons · Westminster Hall · 30 October 2013 · Tessa Munt
I rather hope so. That is a question that the Minister will be able to answer. I understand that he signed the order last week, but that the statutory instrument has not been put before Parliament. I hope we can stop it dead in its tracks. As well as today’s debate, there has been an amazing amount of publicity, including my debates with the Minister this morning on Radio Somerset and Radio Devon—and I have a little list of people who want to talk to me about jam later today. I suspect that all that shows that the public are greatly interested. Sometimes, Departments want to slide…
Jam and Similar Products (England) Regulations 2003 Commons · Westminster Hall · 30 October 2013
Regulation of the Marmalade Market Commons · Commons Chamber · 15 April 2026 · The Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs (Dame Angela Eagle)
I thank the hon. Member for Wells and Mendip Hills (Tessa Munt) for securing this debate and providing an opportunity for me to outline the regulation of the marmalade market. As Paddington Bear wisely reminds us: “A wise bear always keeps a marmalade sandwich in his hat in case of emergency.” As hon. Members may notice, I do not have a hat, and I hope that we do not have an emergency. I certainly do not have a sandwich, so I hope that we will not get into any sticky situations, although I thought that we were getting into some spicy situations when I was listening to the hon. Lady’s speech.…
Regulation of the Marmalade Market Commons · Commons Chamber · 15 April 2026 · Tessa Munt (Wells and Mendip Hills) (LD)
At the end of October 2013, I led a debate on the regulation of jam, which caused a bit of a stir. It rightly warned of the end of the British breakfast as we know it. Thirteen years later, I have returned to discuss marmalade. Last July, a lady called Vivien Lloyd, who inspired the debate about jam, returned to see me at one of my constituency surgeries—hopefully, she is in the Public Gallery this evening. She told me of her alarm about the arrangements being made for marmalade. This debate is particularly timely. Members may have seen that “Marmalade Madness!” was the headline of the Daily…

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