Amendment of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996

5.  In regulation 26 (small packages and certain indelibly marked bottles)–

(a)in paragraph (1) there shall be substituted for the words from “by virtue of” to the end the words

• “–

  (a)

  by virtue of these Regulations be marked or labelled with–

  (i)

  any of the particulars specified in regulation 5 except the name of the food and, unless the food is not required to be marked or labelled with such an indication, the appropriate durability indication, or

  (ii)

  any of the particulars specified in regulations 33 and 34, where but for this regulation they would otherwise be required, or

  (b)

  be marked or labelled with the GMO particulars, where but for this regulation they would otherwise be required.”;

(b)in paragraph (3) there shall be substituted for the words “particulars specified in regulations 32, 33 and 34” the words “other particulars mentioned in paragraph (3A) of this regulation”;

(c)after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph–

“(3A) The other particulars for the purposes of paragraph (3) of this regulation are those specified in regulations 32, 33 and 34 and, in the case of any food to which paragraph (1) of this regulation applies, the GMO particulars.”.