Home Economics and Food Nutrition

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Home Economics and Food Nutrition

• Lesson objective To understand what the Food
  Labelling regulations 1995 are

Success Criteria Build to investigate the
statutory regulations that applies to packaging
Apply to list the eight statutory regulations
that should be found on food packaging Secure
to be able to recall at lease three advice
services that are in place for the consumer
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Task 1

1. Go onto the Internet and find out what eight food
   labelling regulations (1995) must be printed on
   pre-packed foods.
2. Find out what the Trading Standards Department
   is.
3. The Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB)
4. The Environmental Health Department
5. The Office of Fair Trading
6. Codes of Practice -

Lesson objective To understand what the Food
Labelling regulations 1995 are
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Questions Tasks 2-3

1. What is meant by consumer protection?
2. How does the Sale and Supply of Goods Act protect
   you when you buy a new microwave oven?
3. How does the Food Safety Act Protect consumers
   when buying packaged food?

Lesson objective To understand what the Food
Labelling regulations 1995 are
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Task 4

• You have bought two kilograms of potatoes from a
  market stall but, when you get home and weight
  them, you find you have only got one and a half
  kilograms. Who could you complain to, and which
  consumer legislation would cover your complaint?

Lesson objective To understand what the Food
Labelling regulations 1995 are