Consultation outcome

Nutrition labelling, composition and standards (NLCS) legislation from 1 January 2021

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
9 July 2020
Last updated
24 September 2020 — See all updates
This consultation has concluded

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The Nutrition (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020: consultation response

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Detail of outcome

In July 2020, DHSC launched a consultation exercise, inviting comments from the food and nutrition industry, representative groups, the public and others on the proposed approach to reflect the Northern Ireland Protocol in law, and ensure that the aspects of the law relating to nutrition continue to operate effectively after the end of the transition period.

This document provides a summary of the responses received and the government’s response.

Original consultation

Summary

We're seeking industry’s views on a proposed statutory instrument (SI) that will make substantive changes to the Nutrition (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 from 1 January 2021.

This consultation ran from
to

Consultation description

The proposals aim to ensure certain aspects of the law relating to nutrition continue to operate effectively after the transition period from 1 January 2021.

The changes would:

  • amend the Nutrition (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 in order to reflect the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (NIP) in law
  • revoke the Nutrition (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
  • account for changes in EU NLCS legislation since March 2019

Documents

The Nutrition (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020: consultation document

PDF, 152 KB, 17 pages

Statutory instrument: 2020 No. 0000 Exiting the European Union Food The Nutrition (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

PDF, 114 KB, 10 pages

Published 9 July 2020
Last updated 24 September 2020 + show all updates

  1. Added consultation outcome.

  2. First published.