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Food Labelling Bill
This is the text of the Food Labelling Bill, as presented to the House of Commons on 15th December 1999. | |||
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Food Labelling Bill | |||
B I L L TO Make further provision for consumers of food to be informed about the country of origin and standards of production of food presented for sale by labelling, marking or in other ways; and for connected purposes. BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- | |||
Interpretation. | 1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- | ||
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Labelling: countries of origin. | 2. - (1) Food which is sold to a consumer shall be marked or labelled with- | ||
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(2) Where food to which subsection (1) applies has been processed or packaged in a country or countries other than the country or countries of origin, particulars of the country or countries of origin shall be marked or labelled in no less prominent a manner than the particulars of the country or countries where the food has been processed or packaged. | |||
Labelling: production standards. | 3. - (1) Where a food is labelled in accordance with section 2 with a country or countries of origin where the production standards for that food are different from, and less demanding than, the production standards applicable in England and Wales, a reference to that fact shall appear on the mark or label of that food. | ||
(2) In determining whether, in relation to any food derived from livestock, the production standards in another country are less demanding than those applicable in England and Wales, regard shall be had to any codes of recommendations for the welfare of livestock issued under the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 which are in force. | |||
Method of marking or labelling. | 4. - (1) Subject to subsection (2), food for sale shall display the information required by this Act- | ||
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(2) Where food is sold otherwise than to the ultimate consumer, the information required by this Act may appear on commercial documents relating to the food, provided that it also appears on the outermost packaging of the food. | |||
(3) Subsection (2) shall only apply when the commercial documents either- | |||
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Consequential amendment. | 5. In regulation 5 of the Regulations, for sub-paragraph (f) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph- | ||
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Short title, commencement and extent. | 6. - (1) This Act may be cited as the Food Labelling Act 2000. | ||
(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as may be appointed by order made by statutory instrument, and different days may be appointed for different areas. | |||
(3) An order under subsection (2) is to be made- | |||
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(4) This Act extends to England and Wales only. |
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