UK Statutory Instrument 2014 United Kingdom

Food Information Regulations 2014

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At a glance

What's here

8 compliance obligations, 12 practical guides · 8 journeys

Penalty landscape

6 of 8 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 2 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

  • Any Person 5
  • Operator 2

Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

Step-by-step journeys using this legislation

Walkthroughs that take you from a real business situation to compliance.

Relevant guidance

Practical guides for businesses affected by this Act, ordered by how closely they engage with it.

Direct — cites this Act

1 guides

Supporting — topic alignment

9 guides

Mentioned in related content

2 guides

Other Acts binding the same actors

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Any Person also bound by 749 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Operators also bound by 125 other Acts (top 5 shown)

What this Act requires

Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

Schedules

Browse 3 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
s.009

Enforcement

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must enforce food information regulations Local authority
s.010

Offence

Unlimited fine
  • Fail to comply with specified food information provisions Any Person
  • Fail to comply with specified food information requirements Any Person
  • Fail to provide required allergen and food labelling information Any Person
s.foods that are prepacked for direct sale – duty to

Foods that are prepacked for direct sale – duty to list ingredients

Unlimited fine
  • Label prepacked food for direct sale with ingredients and allergens Operator
s.foods that are prepacked for direct sale – general

Foods that are prepacked for direct sale – general requirement to name them

Unlimited fine
  • Label prepacked for direct sale (PPDS) food with its name Operator
Browse 10 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
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Official guidance

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Enforcement and responsible bodies

The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.

FSA

Primary

Food Standards Agency

Food safety and hygiene regulation across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Enforces food law, provides guidance to food businesses, investigates incidents. Approves …

Food Standards Scotland

Food safety and standards in Scotland. Independent public body with similar remit to FSA but for Scotland specifically. Administers Food Hygiene Information …

Connected legislation

parent Act

These instruments amend, apply, or refer to this Act. They may not all create direct business obligations.

Made under

Food Safety Act 1990 1990 Primary Act

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Regulators

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