The Calorie Labelling (Out of Home Sector) (England) Regulations 2021

UK Statutory Instrument 2021 No. 909 — creates 4 criminal offences.

4offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 27 July 2021
In force from: 6 April 2022
Extent: Not stated
Subject: International sanctions, export control and trade restrictions
Made under: (EC) No. 178/2002, Agency in accordance with section 48(4A) of the Food Safety Act 1990, Food Safety Act 1990, Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008

Explanatory note

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These Regulations require qualifying businesses which sell food for immediate consumption, either in a café, restaurant or other catering establishment or as take away food, to provide information relating to the energy content of the food they sell to consumers in kilocalories (“calorie information”). Regulation 3 identifies the food for which calorie information must be displayed. Regulation 4 defines “exempt food”, for which calorie information does not have to be provided. Regulation 5 sets out the information which must be displayed, and where that information must be displayed. Regulation 6 sets how this information is to be displayed where food is sold on a website or through a mobile application. Regulation 7 defines “qualifying businesses”, which are required to display calorie information in relation to food. Regulations 8 to 12 and the Schedule to the Regulations provide for the enforcement of the Regulations. Regulation 9 applies section 10 of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16) on improvement notices with modifications. The Schedule provides for fixed monetary penalties. Regulation 13 provides for a review of the Regulations every five years in accordance with the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), and regulation 14 applies a number of other provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 with modifications. A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/calorie-labelling-for-food-and-drink-served-outside-of-the-home, and from the Department of Health and Social Care at 39 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0EU.

Offences created by this instrument

Application of provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 regulation 14(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
Application of provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 regulation 14(2)(h) · Status not determined · Strict liability
Application of provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 regulation 14(2)(h)(ii) · Status not determined · Strict liability
Improvement notice regulation 9(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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Draft Calorie Labelling (Out of Home Sector) (England) Regulations 2021 Commons · General Committees · 17 June 2021 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Jo Churchill)
I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Calorie Labelling (Out of Home Sector) (England) Regulations 2021. It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Murray. The draft regulations would introduce mandatory calorie labelling in the out of home sector, such as restaurants, cafés and takeaways. To briefly outline what the instrument does and what it aims to achieve, it requires large businesses in England—those with more than 250 employees—to display the calorie content of non-prepacked food and drink items, except alcohol, that are sold ready for immediate…
Draft Calorie Labelling (Out of Home Sector) (England) Regulations 2021 Commons · General Committees · 17 June 2021
Calorie Labelling (Out of Home Sector) (England) Regulations 2021 Lords · Lords Chamber · 22 July 2021
Draft Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021 Commons · General Committees · 15 November 2021 · Alex Norris (Nottingham North) (Lab/Co-op)
It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Stringer. The regulations are the latest part of the Government’s obesity strategy to come through the system. The official Opposition have so far been quite gentle with the Government about the strategy because, although it is modest and misses many impactful elements, we want it to happen, so we have sought not to scare off the Government from acting. That is also true for issues of promotion and placement, but it is hard not be a little disappointed, as I shall set out shortly. The case for change in this area is strong. The UK has among the…
Liver Disease and Liver Cancer: Diagnosis Commons · Westminster Hall · 11 October 2022 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Dr Caroline Johnson)
I thank the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Margaret Ferrier) for securing a debate on this important issue. She has been a great advocate on this topic, and I share her commitment to tackling this serious disease. I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson) for his kind words and for sharing his family story and speaking about some of the personal, family impact of these terrible conditions. It is a year ago this month that our colleague, Sir David Amess, was tragically taken from us. He had a huge interest in liver disease. He was the co-chair of the…

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