- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 1 of 5 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 4 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person3
Manufacturer1
Plus 1 duty 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.
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
Manufacturer — also bound by 551 other Acts
Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016
85 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.
s.004
Restrictions on the sale of processed CEREAL-BASED foods and baby foods
Prosecution
- Do not sell baby food unless it meets composition and labelling rulesAny Person
Unlimited fine
s.005
General requirements as to manufacture and composition
Regulated
- Ensure your baby foods are safe, use suitable ingredients, and meet composition rulesAny Person
s.008
Labelling
Regulated
- Label infant cereal and baby foods with age, nutrition and prep detailsAny Person
s.009
Enforcement
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Food authorities must enforce and execute these Regulations in their areaLocal authority
31 other provisions — procedural and definitional
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s.001
Citation, commencement and extent
s.002
Interpretation
s.002
For products mentioned in paragraphs 2 and 4 of Part...
s.002
For products mentioned in paragraph 2 of Part I, the...
s.002
For biscuits mentioned in paragraph 4 of Part I made...
s.002
The chemical index of the added protein shall be equal...
s.003
Exemption
s.003
If sucrose, fructose, glucose, glucose syrups or honey are added...
s.003
If sucrose, fructose, glucose syrups or honey are added to...
s.004
For products mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 4 of Part...
s.004
For products mentioned in paragraph 2 of Part I, the...
s.005
Sodium – sodium salts may only be added to processed...
s.005
Calcium
s.005
For products mentioned in paragraph 2 of Part I, the...
s.005
For products mentioned in paragraph 4 of Part I manufactured...
s.006
Added nutritional substances and nutrients
s.006
For processed CEREAL-BASED foods the amount of thiamin shall not...
s.006
For products mentioned in paragraph 2 of Part I: ...
s.007
Pesticide residues
s.010
Offence and penalty
s.011
Defence in relation to exports
s.012
Application of various provisions of the Act
s.013
Amendment of the Tryptophan in Food (Scotland) Regulations 1990
s.014
Revocations
Schedules
Schedules
1 of 35 shown
s.sch003
Sodium salts may not be added to products based on...
Regulated
- Do not add sodium salts to fruit-based baby foods, desserts or puddingsManufacturer
34 other schedules
s.sch003
Protein
s.sch003
If meat, poultry, fish, offal or other traditional source of...
s.sch003
If meat, poultry, fish, offal or other traditional source of...
s.sch003
If meat, poultry, fish, offal or other traditional source of...
s.sch003
If cheese is mentioned together with other ingredients in the...
s.sch003
If the product is designated on the label as a...
s.sch003
Sauces presented as an accompaniment to a meal are exempt...
s.sch003
Sweet dishes that mention dairy products as the first or...
s.sch003
The addition of amino acids is permitted solely for the...
s.sch003
Carbohydrates The quantities of total carbohydrates present in fruit and...
s.sch003
Fat
s.sch003
For products referred to in paragraph 1.1 if meat or...
s.sch003
For all other products the total fat in the product...
s.sch003
Sodium
s.sch003
The final sodium content in the product shall be either...
s.sch003
Vitamins Vitamin C– In a fruit juice, nectar, or vegetable...
s.sch003
The requirements concerning nutrients refer to the products ready for...
s.sch004
Vitamins
s.sch004
Amino acids
s.sch004
Others
s.sch004
Salts of minerals and trace elements
s.sch006
Heptachlor and trans-heptachlor epoxide, expressed as heptachlor
s.sch006
Hexachlorobenzene
s.sch006
Nitrofen
s.sch006
Omethoate
s.sch006
Terbufos (sum of terbufos, its sulfoxide and sulfone, expressed as...
s.sch006
Chemical name
s.sch006
Aldrin and dieldrin, expressed as dieldrin
s.sch006
Disulfoton (sum of disulfoton, disulfoton sulfoxide and disulfoton sulfone expressed...
s.sch006
Endrin
s.sch006
Fensulfothion (sum of fensulfothion, its oxygen analogue and their sulfones,...
s.sch006
Fentin, expressed as triphenyltin cation
s.sch006
Haloxyfop (sum of haloxyfop, its salts and esters including conjugates,...
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The requirements concerning nutrients refer to the products ready for...
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