Food Labelling (Amendment)(No. 2) Regulations 1999 (S.I. No. 1483 of 1999). Country/Territory United Kingdom Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Packaging/labelling Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Entry into force notes These Regulations will come into force on 30 June 1999. Abstract The principal Regulations require the quantity of certain ingredients or categories of ingredients of a food to be indicated (regs.5(bA) and 19 of those Regulations). These Regulations implement Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, by: removing that obligation in the case of sweeteners, sugars, vitamins or minerals used in the preparation of a food in certain circumstances (reg. 5); (b) providing some derogations from the existing method for calculating the quantity of ingredients or categories of ingredients (reg. 5); (c) making a consequential amendment (reg. 3) and contain a transitional provision (reg. 7). These Regulations also require prepacked food sold or supplied as an individual portion and intended as a minor accompaniment to another food or another service to be marked or labelled with particulars relating to packaging gases, added sweeteners or added sugars. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements Commission Directive 99/10/EC providing for derogations from the provisions of article 7 of Council Directive 79/112/EEC as regards the labelling of foodstuffs. Legislation | European Union | 1999 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Packaging/labelling Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amends Food Labelling Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 1499 of 1996). Legislation | United Kingdom | 1996 Keyword: Packaging/labelling Source: FAO, FAOLEX