QeA to EU Commission – Mandatory information about the food production site

In Italy there is an ongoing debate about the opportunity to maintain on food labels the indication of the address of the production site of a food as a mandatory particular. This provision was not expressly foreseen under Directive 2000/13/EC and is not mentioned in the Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011. It was in fact a particular that only … Continue reading QeA to EU Commission – Mandatory information about the food production site

Food recalls in EU – Week 8/2015

This week on the EU RASFF (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we can find the following notifications: 1. Alerts followed by a recall from consumers: - Allergens: undeclared almond (>18 mg/kg - ppm) in spice mix from Sweden, via the United Kingdom, following company's own check. Notified by United Kingdom, distributed also to France, Ireland … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 8/2015