Section 3 - Compliance

Packaging Labelling Recycling Farm Business Accounts Environment Legislation Copyright / Trade Marking Health and Safety Hygiene Certification / Inspection Accreditation

Legislation

The Office of Public Sector Information has a wealth of information available online, including:
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/about_legislation.htm

• UK Acts
• UK Statutory Instruments
• Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly
• Northern Ireland Statutory Rules
• Acts of the Scottish Parliament
• Scottish Statutory Instruments
• Statutory Instruments made by the National Assembly of Wales

 

UK
The Food Labelling Regulations 1996 (as amended)
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/wales/wsi2006/20060031e.htm

Guidance notes for the Food Labelling Regulations 1996
http://www.food.gov.uk/foodindustry/guidancenotes/labelregsguidance/foodlabelregsguid

The Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/wales/wsi2006/20061534e.htm

From 1 January 2006, new EU food hygiene legislation has applied throughout the UK. All food businesses should be registered with the competent authority, such as the Meat Hygiene Service or the local authority environmental health department, depending on the type of business. The new legislation also requires food business operators (except farmers and growers) to put in place, implement and maintain a permanent procedure, or procedures, based on HACCP principles – although the legislation is structured so that it can be applied flexibly and proportionately according to the size and nature of the food business.

The Food Hygiene (Wales) Regulations 2006
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/wales/wsi2006/20060031e.htm

The Food Hygiene (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/wales/wsi2006/20061534e.htm

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European Union

This site contains all the European Community legislation that is currently in force. The main subject areas are shown below and these lead into further sub-sections. Within each sub-section, all the current regulations are shown, together with any subsequent amending regulations.
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/en/repert/index.htm

• General, financial and institutional matters
• Customs Union and free movement of goods
• Agriculture
• Fisheries
• Freedom of movement for workers and social policy
• Right of establishment and freedom to provide services
• Transport policy
• Competition policy
• Taxation
• Economic and monetary policy and free movement of capital
• External relations
• Energy
• Industrial policy and internal market
• Regional policy and coordination of structural instruments
• Environment, consumers and health protection
• Science, information, education and culture
• Law relating to undertakings
• Common Foreign and Security Policy
• Area of freedom, security and justice
• People's Europe

The Official Journal of the European Union

All legislation is published in The Official Journal (OJ), which is published daily in 20 languages, and consists of the L series (legislation) and the C series (information, preparatory acts and notices). Copies of both series back to 1998 can be accessed from the website and, for documents before then, there is a search facility.
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/JOIndex.do?ihmlang=en

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Ice Cream Industry

The Ice Cream Alliance has produced a factsheet setting out all the rules and regulations governing the manufacture of ice cream ranging from composition regulations through to storage temperatures.
http://www.ice-cream.org/UPLOAD/ICAFACTSHEET2.PDF

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