These Regulations implement in Great Britain Commission Directive 96/8/EC. They specify names for relevant food in Schedule 1 and prohibit the sale under any name other than those specified of relevant food. Relevant food is food which replaces: (a) the whole of the total daily diet; or (b) one or more meals of the daily diet. The relevant food shall also be labelled with particulars as specified in regulation 3 and prohibit the sale of any food under either a specified name unless it is relevant food. The Regulations create offences and specify enforcement authorities. In labelling or advertising of relevant food no reference may be made to the rate or amount of loss of weight which may result form its use.
These Regulations implement in Great Britain Commission Directive 96/8/EC. They specify names for relevant food in Schedule 1 and prohibit the sale under any name other than those specified of relevant food. Relevant food is food which replaces: (a) the whole of the total daily diet; or (b) one or more meals of the daily diet. The relevant food shall also be labelled with particulars as specified in regulation 3 and prohibit the sale of any food under either a specified name unless it is relevan
Title:
Foods Intended for Use in Energy Restricted Diets for Weight Reduction Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 2182 of 1997).
Country:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type of document:
Regulation
Date of text:
1997
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Repealed:
No
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