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Current Food Labelling regulations
- A food label must show :
- Must be on the front
- Name of the food
- "best before" or "use by" date
- Any necessary warnings:
- Caffeine over 150 mg/l "not
suitable for children, pregnant
women and persons sensitive to
caffeine"
- Tartrazine (E102) "May have
an adverse effect on activity
and attention of children"
- Sweeteners and sugars "With
sugar and sweeteners"
- Polyols "Excessive
consumption may cause a
laxative effect"
- Aspartame "Contains a
source of phenylalanine"
- Caffeine over 150 mg/l "not
suitable for children, pregnant
women and persons sensitive to
caffeine"
- Quantity information
- Name of the food
- List of ingredients
(if more than 2)
- The name and address of the
manufacturer/packer/seller
- The lot number
(use-by-date)
- Any special storage
conditions
- Instruction for use or
cooking (if necessary)
- Must be on the front
- Quantity Information
- Net quantity in g, kg, ml, l to be put
on the label of:
- Packaged foods over 5g or 5ml
- Packaged herbs and spices
- Packaged foods over 5g or 5ml
- Solid foods packed in a liquid
must show the drained net weight
- Able to see the quantity information when you
read the name of the food on the label
- Able to see the alcoholic strength
when you read the name of the
alcohol on the label
- Net quantity in g, kg, ml, l to be put
on the label of:
- Using the ℮ mark
- Product can be exported to another
European Economic Area (EEA) country
without having to meet the weights and
measures requirements of that country.
- Product can be exported to another
European Economic Area (EEA) country
without having to meet the weights and
measures requirements of that country.
- Information to be shown if necessary
- A warning on drinks with an alcohol
content above 1.2%
- A warning if the product contains GM
ingredients (unless there presence is
accidental and 0.9% or less)
- A warninig if the product has
been raidiated
- The words ‘packaged in a
protective atmosphere’ if the
food is packaged using a
packaging gas
- A warning on drinks with an alcohol
content above 1.2%
- Country of origin
- The label for beef, veal, fish and shellfish, honey, olive
oil, wine, most fruit and vegetables and poultry
imported from outside the EU must show the country of
origin.
- You must also show the country of origin if
customers might be misled without this
information
- The label for beef, veal, fish and shellfish, honey, olive
oil, wine, most fruit and vegetables and poultry
imported from outside the EU must show the country of
origin.
- Ingredients list
- If food or drink contains 2 or more ingredients
(including additives) they must all be listed - listed
by weight with main ingredient first
- Percentage of an ingredient must be
shown if it is:
- Highlighted by the labelling or a
picture on a package ("extra
cheese")
- Mentioned in the name of the product
("cheese and onion pastry")
- normally connected with the name by the
consumer (fruit in a "summer pudding")
- Highlighted by the labelling or a
picture on a package ("extra
cheese")
- Allergens (if a product contains any of
these ingredients it needs to be clearly
stated in the ingredients list
- Celery
- Cereals containing gluten
- Crustaceans
- Eggs
- Fish
- Lupin
- Milk
- Mustard
- Molluscs
- Nuts
- Peanuts
- Sesame seeds
- Soya beans
- Sulphur dioxide at levels
above 10 mg/kg
- Celery
- If food or drink contains 2 or more ingredients
(including additives) they must all be listed - listed
by weight with main ingredient first
- Nutrition labelling
- Must have nutrition labelling if:
- It makes a nutrition or health claim
- Vitamins or minerals have been added to the food
- It makes a nutrition or health claim
- If selling/ manufacturing/importing food
suplimens or a food fortified with vitamins and
minerals certain rules need to be followed
- Must have nutrition labelling if:
- Organic foods
- A retailer can label a product
organic if at least 95% of a
farm-grown ingredients are organic
- A retailer can label a product as
organic if it is sold directly to
costumers in their shop
- Have to be certified by one of the organic
control bodies, they have to then
- Follow a strict set of guidelines laid
out by national and internationallaw
- Keep thorough and accurate
records of production processes
- Allow annual and random inspections
- Follow a strict set of guidelines laid
out by national and internationallaw
- A retailer can label a product
organic if at least 95% of a
farm-grown ingredients are organic
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