3 Scope
1 Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these Regulations apply to food that is ready for delivery to the final consumer or to a mass caterer.
2 These Regulations do not apply in respect of any food—
(a) that is not intended for sale for human consumption; or
(b) to which the Processed Cereal-based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children (England) Regulations 2003 apply.
S.I. 2003/3207, amended by S.I. 2005/2626, 2630, 2007/2591, 2011/2131, 2014/1855.
3 These Regulations do not apply to any product that is brought into England from another part of the United Kingdom, an EEA State (other than the United Kingdom), a member State (other than the United Kingdom) or from the Republic of Turkey in which it was lawfully marketed.
4 In this regulation—
“final consumer” has the meaning given in point 18 of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety;
“mass caterer” has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(d) of FIC.