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
FVO report – Germany – Food Hygiene for primary production of FNAO and sprouting seeds
In this report published last December the EU Commission Food and Veterinary office reported some significant weaknesses in the official controls system for food of non animal origin and seeds for sprouting in Germany. The inspection was carried out in November 2013, so it is quite old: I expected better answers toย the E.Coli crisis in … Continue reading FVO report – Germany – Food Hygiene for primary production of FNAO and sprouting seeds