| Guvnor

Enforced by: FSA
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Prosecution 7 of 14 obligations carry a criminal penalty. 1 carries different penalties and 6 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person7 Operator4 Distributor1 Occupier1 Manufacturer1

Other Acts binding the same actors

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

Any Person — also bound by 2684 other Acts

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

Operator — also bound by 803 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

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

Air Navigation Order 2016 65 duties

Distributor — also bound by 201 other Acts

UK REACH Regulation (retained EU law) 44 duties

The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (England) Regulations 2017 28 duties

The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) Regulations 2017 26 duties

The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 25 duties

Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002 21 duties

Occupier — also bound by 246 other Acts

The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 47 duties

Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (No. 2) Order 2006 46 duties

The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 34 duties

Highways Act 1980 23 duties

Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015 19 duties

Manufacturer — also bound by 551 other Acts

Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 93 duties

Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016 85 duties

Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2016 78 duties

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/654 of 19 December 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to technical and general requirements relating to emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery 76 duties

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 75 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.

Part 1

PRELIMINARY

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5 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.001 Citation and commencement

s.002 Interpretation

s.003 Presumptions that food is intended for human consumption

s.004 Competent authority

s.005 Enforcement

Part 2

MAIN PROVISIONS

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s.006 Hygiene improvement notices Regulated

Fail to comply with hygiene improvement noticeAny Person

s.009 Remedial action notices and detention notices Regulated

Fail to comply with food hygiene noticeAny Person

4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.007 Hygiene prohibition orders

s.008 Hygiene emergency prohibition notices and orders

s.010 Offences due to fault of another person

s.011 Defence of due diligence

Part 3

ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

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10 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.012 Procurement of samples

s.013 Analysis etc. of samples

s.014 Powers of entry

s.015 Obstruction

s.016 Time limit for prosecutions

s.017 Offences and penalties

s.018 Offences by bodies corporate

s.019 Right of appeal

s.020 Appeals to County Court

s.021 Appeals against hygiene improvement notices and remedial action notices

Part 4

MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

1 of 12 sections shown

s.032 Under specified community provisions referenced in Article 5(1) of Regulation... Regulated

Apply health or identification marks to food products as requiredOperator

11 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.022 Power to issue codes of recommended practice

s.023 Protection of officers acting in good faith

s.024 Revocation and suspension of designations and appointments

s.025 Food which has not been produced, processed or distributed in accordance with the Hygiene Regulations

s.026 Bulk transport in sea-going vessels of liquid oils or fats and the bulk transport by sea of raw sugar

s.027 Temperature control requirements

s.028 Direct supply by the producer of small quantities of meat from poultry or lagomorphs slaughtered on the farm

s.029 Restrictions on the sale of raw milk intended for direct human consumption

s.029 Special health mark

s.030 Consequential amendments

s.031 Revocations

Schedules

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s.sch002a The ink used for health marking must be authorised in... Regulated

Use only authorised ink for health markingAny Person

s.sch003 Offence Prosecution

Fail to comply with Food Hygiene Regulations (NI) 2006 Schedule requirementsAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.sch003 On request, a food business operator responsible for the transport... Regulated

Provide documentary evidence of raw sugar transport and refining when askedOperator

s.sch003 In fulfilling his obligations under Article 5(1) of Regulation 852/2004... Regulated

Treat cleaning process as a critical control point for raw sugar sea transportOperator

s.sch003 A food business operator who is responsible for the transport... Regulated

Keep records of previous cargo and cleaning for raw sugar transport by seaOperator

s.sch004 Chill holding requirements Regulated

Keep food above 8°C or supply unsafe chilled food by mail orderAny Person

s.sch004 Hot holding requirements Regulated

Keep hot food below 63°CAny Person

s.sch005 Requirements Regulated

Label meat and keep records of incoming and outgoing stockManufacturer

s.sch006 Any person who sells raw milk intended for direct human... Regulated

Sell raw milk for direct human consumptionAny Person

s.sch006 (1) If any person other than the occupier of a... Regulated

Sell raw cows' milk for direct human consumption without authorisationOccupier

s.sch006 A distributor may only sell raw cows' milk intended for... Regulated

Only sell raw cows' milk in sealed original containers from a registered vehicleDistributor

47 other schedules

s.sch002a The health mark shall consist of an oval mark containing...

s.sch002a When applied to carcases, the health mark shall measure at...

s.sch003 The documentary evidence shall accompany the consignment of raw sugar...

s.sch003 Raw sugar which has been transported by sea in receptacles,...

s.sch003 Interpretation

s.sch003 Liquid oils or fats

s.sch003 The bulk transport in sea-going vessels of liquid oils or...

s.sch003 The captain of a sea-going vessel transporting, in tanks, bulk...

s.sch003 Where the cargo has been trans-shipped, in addition to the...

s.sch003 Upon request, the captain of the vessel shall provide the...

s.sch003 Raw sugar

s.sch003 The receptacles, containers or tankers referred to in paragraph 7...

s.sch004 Scope

s.sch004 General exemptions from the chill holding requirements

s.sch004 Upward variation of the 8°C temperature by manufacturers etc.

s.sch004 Chill holding tolerance periods

s.sch004 Hot holding defences

s.sch004 Interpretation

s.sch005 Scope

s.sch005 Offence

s.sch006 The occupier of a production holding may only sell raw...

s.sch006 The raw milk shall meet the following standards: Plate count...

s.sch006 In the case where farm premises are being used for...

s.sch006 In any case where the Agency carries out sampling, analysis...

s.sch006 (1) Except in cases to which paragraph (2) applies, the...

s.sch006 In this Schedule— “catering establishment” means a restaurant, canteen, club,...

s.sch006a The special health mark shall consist of a square mark...

s.sch006a When applied to carcases, the special health mark shall measure...

s.sch007 The Colours in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

s.sch007 In regulation 10 (restriction on movement of animal by-products) in...

s.sch007 In regulation 12 (enforcement) immediately after the words “enforced and...

s.sch007 The Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

s.sch007 In Schedule 3 (generic names in list of ingredients) in...

s.sch007 The words are “(g) the product obtained by removing the...

s.sch007 The Beef Bones Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

s.sch007 In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation)—

s.sch007 In regulation 12 (enforcement)— (a) for paragraph (1) there shall...

s.sch007 The Condensed Milk and Dried Milk Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

s.sch007 For Note 3 to Schedule 1 (partly or wholly dehydrated...

s.sch007 In regulation 4 (Health marking etc. of certain meat and...

s.sch007 The Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

s.sch007 In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation)—

s.sch007 In paragraph (a) of regulation 4 (scope) for “in accordance...

s.sch007 In paragraph (2)(d) of regulation 5 (exemptions) for “cutting premises,...

s.sch007 For regulation 6 (staining of animal by-products in cold stores,...

s.sch007 For regulation 8 (freezing of animal by-products in any animal...

s.sch007 In regulation 9 (storage and packaging of animal by-products)—

2 other provisions

s.para.34 The Regulation 2017/625 package

s.para.35 Delegated Regulations “ Regulation 2018/631 ” means Commission Delegated Regulation...

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

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