The Food (Lot Marking) Regulations 1992

Regulation 3

SCHEDULEOBSERVANCE OF LOT MARKING RULES

1.  The lot marking rules are observed in relation to the sale of food where each sales unit sold in that sale bears its lot marking indication.

2.  For the purposes of this Schedule a sales unit of food bears its lot marking indication where—

(a)the sales unit is prepacked and its lot marking indication appears on the prepackaging or on a label attached to the prepackaging, or

(b)the sales unit is not prepacked and its lot marking indication appears on a container in which the sales unit is contained or on a commercial document accompanying the sales unit,

and that lot marking indication appears in such a way as to be easily visible, clearly legible and indelible.

3.  For the purposes of this Schedule—

(a)the lot marking indication of a sales unit is an indication, determined by a lot marking determiner (and affixed so that it falls within paragraph 2 above either under his responsibility or under the responsibility of another lot marking determiner), which indication—

(i)is preceded by the letter “L” except in cases where that indication is clearly distinguishable from other indications relating to the sales unit, and

(ii)identifies an appropriate batch within which the sales unit falls,

(b)the lot marking determiner of a sales unit is either its first seller established within the European Economic Community or—

(i)where the sales unit is a production, preparation and packaging sales unit, its producer, preparer or packer,

(ii)where the sales unit is a production and preparation sales unit, its producer or preparer,

(iii)where the sales unit is a production and packaging sales unit, its producer or packer,

(iv)where the sales unit is a preparaton and packaging sales unit, its preparer or packer,

(v)where the sales unit is a production sales unit, its producer,

(vi)where the sales unit is a preparation sales unit, its preparer, and

(vii)where the sales unit is a packaging sales unit, its packer, and

(c)an appropriate batch within which a sales unit falls is any batch of which that sales unit comprises a production sales unit, a preparation sales unit or a packaging sales unit.