COOLing on mandatory origin labelling – EU Commission report published

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

On 20th May 2015 the EU Commission, pursuant art. 26 (5) and (6) of the Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 published the "Study on the mandatory indication of country of origin or place of provenance of unprocessed foods, single ingredient products and ingredients that represent more than 50% of a food". More report are expected to … Continue reading COOLing on mandatory origin labelling – EU Commission report published

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

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

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 notย expressly foreseenย under Directive 2000/13/EC and is notย 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