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Quantitative ingredient declaration

Label required

Quantity of an ingredient or category of ingredients used in the manufacture or preparation of the food

• Sold prepacked
• Your role: Manufacturer
• Reusable indelibly marked glass bottle without label: no

Depends on: sold prepacked, economic operator role, glass bottle reusable unlabelled

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Quantity of certain ingredients or categories of ingredients

Label required

Quantity of certain ingredients or categories of ingredients

• Sold prepacked
• Your role: Manufacturer
• Reusable indelibly marked glass bottle without label: no

Depends on: sold prepacked, economic operator role, glass bottle reusable unlabelled

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Highly perishable food

Label required

‘Use by’ date in place of the date of minimum durability

• Sold prepacked
• Needs chilled storage

Depends on: sold prepacked, refrigerated

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Foods requiring special storage conditions or conditions of use

Label required

Special storage conditions and/or conditions of use

• Sold prepacked
• Reusable indelibly marked glass bottle without label: no
• Special storage conditions are required

Depends on: sold prepacked, glass bottle reusable unlabelled, special storage required

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Special storage conditions and/or conditions of use

Label required

Special storage conditions and/or conditions of use

• Sold prepacked
• Reusable indelibly marked glass bottle without label: no
• Special storage conditions are required

Depends on: sold prepacked, glass bottle reusable unlabelled, special storage required

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Foods needing storage or a consumption time limit after opening

Label required

Storage conditions and/or time limit for consumption after opening the package

• Sold prepacked
• Reusable indelibly marked glass bottle without label: no
• Storage after opening is appropriate to indicate

Depends on: sold prepacked, glass bottle reusable unlabelled, post opening storage appropriate

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Food whose label might mislead about origin

Label required

Country of origin or place of provenance

• Sold prepacked
• Reusable indelibly marked glass bottle without label: no
• Label implies a different origin

Depends on: sold prepacked, glass bottle reusable unlabelled, label implies different origin

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Food whose stated origin differs from that of its primary ingredient

Label required

Origin of the primary ingredient, or an indication that it differs from the origin of the food

• Sold prepacked
• Label states the country of origin

Depends on: sold prepacked, country of origin stated

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted. The text makes the application of Art. 26(3) subject to implementing acts, which are not in the published text.

Foods whose use needs instructions

Label required

Instructions for use enabling appropriate use of the food

• Sold prepacked
• Reusable indelibly marked glass bottle without label: no
• Use is difficult without instructions

Depends on: sold prepacked, glass bottle reusable unlabelled, use difficult without instructions

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Instructions for use

Label required

Instructions for use

• Sold prepacked
• Reusable indelibly marked glass bottle without label: no
• Use is difficult without instructions

Depends on: sold prepacked, glass bottle reusable unlabelled, use difficult without instructions

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Beverage containing more than 1.2 % vol alcohol

Label required

Alcoholic strength as a figure with no more than one decimal place, followed by ‘% vol.’, determined at 20 °C

• Sold prepacked
• A beverage
• Alcohol by volume more than 1.2 % vol
• Reusable indelibly marked glass bottle without label: no

Depends on: sold prepacked, beverage, alcohol abv, glass bottle reusable unlabelled

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted. Annex XII sets the format (one decimal place, '% vol.', determined at 20 °C); the Annex XII text is not in the stored GB text.

Beverage containing more than 1.2 % vol alcohol

Label required

Actual alcoholic strength by volume

• Sold prepacked
• A beverage
• Alcohol by volume more than 1.2 % vol
• Reusable indelibly marked glass bottle without label: no

Depends on: sold prepacked, beverage, alcohol abv, glass bottle reusable unlabelled

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted. The threshold is read as 1.2001 % vol or more (more than 1,2 % vol).

Nutrition declaration

Label required

Energy value and amounts of fat, saturates, carbohydrate, sugars, protein and salt

• Sold prepacked
• Product of an Annex V exemption: no
• Your role: Manufacturer

Depends on: sold prepacked, annex v exempt product, economic operator role

In force since 13 Dec 2016

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2016

Art. 55: point (l) of Art. 9(1) and Arts. 29-35 apply from 13 December 2016. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date that do not comply with point (l) may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Nutrition declaration

Label required

Nutrition declaration

• Sold prepacked
• Product of an Annex V exemption: no
• Your role: Manufacturer

Depends on: sold prepacked, annex v exempt product, economic operator role

In force since 13 Dec 2016

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2016

Art. 55: point (l) of Art. 9(1) and Arts. 29-35 apply from 13 December 2016. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date that do not comply with point (l) may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Operators that do not affect food information

Must meet the conditions of Art. 8(3): do not supply food known or presumed non-compliant with food information law

• Operator knows or presumes non-compliance

Depends on: economic operator role, operator knows noncompliant

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Non-prepacked food: information passed to the receiving operator

Disclosure to buyer

Information relating to non-prepacked food intended for the final consumer or mass caterers transmitted to the receiving food business operator

• Sold prepacked: no

Depends on: sold prepacked

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.

Food supplied to other operators or mass caterers

Disclosure to buyer

Sufficient information for the receiving food business operator to meet its obligations under Art. 8(2)

Every product in the category

In force since 13 Dec 2014

Applies to products placed on the market on or after 13 Dec 2014

Art. 55: applies from 13 December 2014. Art. 54: foods placed on the market or labelled before that date may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.