| Guvnor

Enforced by: FSA, Food Standards Scotland
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Prosecution 3 of 13 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 10 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Trader6 Operator4

Plus 3 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Trader — also bound by 825 other Acts

Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 416 duties

Companies Act 2006 243 duties

The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 133 duties

Companies Act 1985 85 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 62 duties

Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts

Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 203 duties

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 of 19 December 2018 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 (Text with EEA relevance) 121 duties

Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) 112 duties

Space Industry Regulations 2021 76 duties

Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance) 66 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.008 Protection of consumers' interests Regulated

Protect consumer interests and prevent misleading food practicesTrader

s.009 Public consultation Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

CROWN must conduct public consultations on food lawCrown / Minister / Government department

s.010 Public information Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Regulators must inform the public about food or feed health risksStatutory regulator

s.011 Food and feed imported into Great Britain Prosecution

Ensure imported food and feed meet UK safety standardsTrader

Unlimited fine

s.012 Food and feed exported from Great Britain Regulated

Ensure exported food and feed meets UK or destination country standardsTrader

s.013 International standards Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Authorities must maintain food safety standards and support global tradeCrown / Minister / Government department

s.014 Food safety requirements Regulated

Do not place unsafe food on the marketTrader

s.015 Feed safety requirements Regulated

Do not sell or use unsafe animal feedTrader

s.016 Presentation Regulated

Do not mislead consumers through food presentation or advertisingTrader

s.017 Responsibilities Prosecution

Ensure all food and feed products meet legal safety requirementsOperator

Unlimited fine

s.018 Traceability Regulated

Maintain traceability systems for food and feed throughout your supply chainOperator

s.019 Responsibilities for food: food business operators Prosecution

Withdraw and recall unsafe food and notify authoritiesOperator

Unlimited fine

s.020 Responsibilities for feed: feed business operators Regulated

Withdraw and report unsafe animal feedOperator

53 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Aim and scope

s.002 Definition of ‘food’

s.003 Other definitions

s.004 Scope

s.005 General objectives

s.006 Risk analysis

s.007 Precautionary principle

s.021 Liability

s.022 Mission of the Authority

s.023 Tasks of the Authority

s.024 Bodies of the Authority

s.025 Management Board

s.026 Executive Director

s.027 Advisory Forum

s.028 Scientific Committee and Scientific Panels

s.029 Scientific opinions

s.030 Diverging scientific opinions

s.031 Scientific and technical assistance

s.032 Scientific studies

s.033 Collection of data

s.034 Identification of emerging risks

s.035 Rapid alert system

s.036 Networking of organisations operating in the fields within the Authority's mission

s.037 Independence

s.038 Transparency

s.039 Confidentiality

s.040 Communications from the Authority

s.041 Access to documents

s.042 Consumers, producers and other interested parties

s.043 Adoption of the Authority's budget

s.044 Implementation of the Authority's budget

s.045 Fees received by the Authority

s.046 Legal personality and privileges

s.047 Liability

s.048 Staff

s.049 Participation of third countries

s.050 Rapid alert system

s.051 Implementing measures

s.052 Confidentiality rules for the rapid alert system

s.053 Emergency measures for food and feed ...

s.054 Other emergency measures

s.055 General plan for crisis management

s.056 Crisis unit

s.057 Tasks of the crisis unit

s.058 Committee

s.059 Functions assigned to the Committee

s.060 Mediation procedure

s.061 Review clause

s.062 References to the European Food Safety Authority and to the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health

s.063 Competence of the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products

s.064 Commencement of the Authority's operation

s.065 Entry into force

s.procedure Procedure

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

Respond to a food safety incident

Immediate steps when unsafe food is discovered or a customer reports illness. Stop selling, withdraw the product, notify the FSA, and cooperate …

1 more guide that reference this instrument

Food traceability, withdrawal, and recall

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.

Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 (General Food Law)

Does it bind you?

Other Acts binding the same actors

What it requires

Help complying

Respond to a food safety incident