Specified Sugar Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. No. 301 of 2003). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Northern Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Sugar Packaging/labelling Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract The Regulations: (a) prescribe definitions and reserved descriptions for certain specified sugar products; (b) provide for the Regulations to apply to such specified sugar products intended for human consumption and ready for delivery to the ultimate consumer or to a catering establishment; (c) restrict the use of reserved descriptions to the specified sugar products to which they relate; (d) prescribe labelling requirements for such products; (e) prescribe the manner of marking or labelling by applying specified provisions of the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996; (f) specify a penalty, enforcement authorities and, in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of Council Directive 89/397/EEC on the official control of foodstuffs and the European Economic Area Agreement, a defence in relation to exports; (g) apply various provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements Council Directive 2001/111/EC relating to certain sugars intended for human consumption. Legislation | European Union | 2001 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Sugar, Standards, Internal trade Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Food Information Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. No. 223 of 2014). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2014 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Packaging/labelling, Consumer protection, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX