From December 13, in accordance with the EU regulation, changing rules on the labeling of food products. On the package must list all ingredients used and specified to be those that can cause allergies. Is defined as the minimum font size of the information provided, depending on the surface of the package. – The new regulation introduces a catalog of 12 mandatory information which must appear on foodstuffs. Include name of the food, the list of ingredients, allergens, the date of minimum durability or the amount of net food – explains in an interview with the agency Newseria Business Blazej Grochowski, a lawyer from Wierzbowski Eversheds.
According to the new law on commercial quality of agri-food and the Law on food safety and nutrition, food manufacturers are required to indicate on the package, not only in the production of all the components, but also to distinguish those that can cause allergies. This does not ap ply when the allergen is present in the product name (eg. Milk). Moreover, the provisions suggest not to use too often, the term “trace amount”.
– First, it can not be verified. Nowhere is it written, what this phrase means exactly. Secondly, it should be limited only to hedge business when in fact there is a potential allergen in connection with the operation of the plant. Then you can use a warning that the product may contain the allergen, but do not suggest the amount of – emphasizes Grochowski.
The change is also a way of presenting information. They are to be visible and legible to the consumer. Theoretically, font size should not be less than 1.2 mm, and at the packaging, which has the largest surface area of less than 80 cm2 – not less than 0.9 mm.
– The cuboid-shaped packages largest area is the largest field wall. The problem occurs when irregularly shaped, or the rolls. The European food industry organization FoodDrinkEurope suggests that it was a third of the total area, agrees well Quality Inspection of Agricultural and Food – says Grochowski.
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