Regulation 159

Coffee mixture shall be ground coffee mixed with other ground food substances. Such mixtures shall contain not less than 50% (w/w) coffee and shall not contain any harmful substance.

There shall be legibly printed in English on the label on or attached to every package which contains any mixture of coffee and substances other than chicory, a statement in which the words “Coffee Mixture” are printed, in larger letters than any other words on the label, immediately followed by a statement of the ingredients of the mixture and of the proportion in which the ingredients of the mixture are present, printed in type of not less than 3 mm in height in the following form:“Containing (here insert the number of parts per cent of coffee) parts per cent of coffee mixed with (here insert the number of parts per cent of other ingredients) parts per cent of (here insert the names of such other ingredients)”.

The word “coffee” and expressions which include the word “coffee” shall not be printed on any statement or label printed on or attached to any package which contains a mixture of coffee with substances other than chicory unless it be conjoined with the word “mixture”.

Where any coffee mixture is sold otherwise than prepacked, there shall be legibly written or printed in English on a label, conspicuously attached, so as to be clearly visible to the purchaser, to every container or vessel in which the coffee mixture is stored immediately prior to sale, a statement in which the words “Coffee Mixture” are written in larger letters than any other words on the label, immediately followed by a statement of the ingredients of the mixture which complies with the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3).