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Food and drink - Guides - Business Companion - Quick Guide
The labelling requirements vary according to the way the food is sold: prepacked foods are supplied to you already packaged; non-prepacked foods are those that ...
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Labelling of prepacked foods: ingredients list - Business Companion - In-depth Guide
Most prepacked foods must have an ingredients list. The list must be headed by the word 'ingredients' followed by a list of all the ingredients in descending ...
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Novel foods (including CBD and hemp) - Business Companion - In-depth Guide
Novel foods explained, including restrictions on their use and an explanation of the legal status of foods containing CBD and the permitted uses of hemp.
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Alcoholic beverages and alcohol in food - Business Companion - In-depth Guide
Foods that contain alcohol do not benefit from the exemptions that apply to alcoholic beverages. Therefore, an ingredients list, a nutrition declaration and a ...
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Food allergens and intolerance - In-depth Guide
Allergenic ingredients · cereals containing gluten, such as wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, kamut and their hybridised strains · peanuts (also called ...
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Date and lot marking of prepacked food - Business Companion - In-depth Guide
Most prepacked foods intended for human consumption must carry lot or batch marking (unless specifically exempted). This is to enable a product to be traced and ...
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Food imitations - Business Companion - In-depth Guide
Laws covering food-imitating products. Food Imitations (Safety) Regulations 1989; Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and ...
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Labelling and describing organic food - In-depth Guide
The description 'organic' can only be used to describe agricultural products, livestock and foods that are produced and prepared in accordance with the ...
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Labelling of prepacked foods: product name - Business Companion - In-depth Guide
The descriptive name must accurately describe the food that people are eating so that they can make an informed choice as to whether they want to eat it.
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Labelling of non-prepacked foods - Business Companion - In-depth Guide
This guidance relates to food that is loose and food that is packaged at the request of the consumer. This is collectively referred to as non-prepacked food.
