Food Labelling (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (S.R. No. 238 of 1998). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Northern Ireland Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Packaging/labelling Inspection Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations implement European Parliament and Council Directive 97/4/EC amending Directive 79/112/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs. The Regulations: (a) require the quantity of certain ingredients or categories of ingredients of a food to be indicated (regs. 6 and 9); (b) clarify that where a name of a food is prescribed by European Community law, that name must be used as the name of the food (reg. 7); and require food brought into Northern Ireland in certain circumstances from a member State or an EEA State to comply with detailed rules as to the name of the food (regs. 3, 4 and 13 and the Schedule); (c) provide that food consisting of a single ingredient is exempt from the need to bear a list of ingredients only in certain cases (reg. 8); (d) and make some other amendments relating to labelling of, milk and reduced or low energy food; and (e) amend regulations relative to observance of the Regulations. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Amends Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. No. 383 of 1996). Legislation | United Kingdom | 1996 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Packaging/labelling, Inspection Source: FAO, FAOLEX