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Prepacked food, largest surface under 80 cm2

Label required

Mandatory particulars of Art. 9(1) in characters with an x-height of at least 0.9 mm

• Sold prepacked
• Largest package surface area below 80 cm2

Depends on: sold prepacked, small package area cm2

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.

Prepacked food

Label required

Name of the food, net quantity and alcoholic strength in the same field of vision

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

Depends on: sold prepacked, 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.

Name or business name and address of the food business operator

Label required

Name or business name and address of the food business operator

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

Depends on: sold prepacked, 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.

Country of origin or place of provenance where Art. 26 provides for it

Label required

Country of origin or place of provenance where provided for in Art. 26

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

Depends on: sold prepacked, 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.

List of ingredients

Label required

Heading including the word ‘ingredients’; all ingredients in descending order of weight at the time of use in manufacture

• Sold prepacked
• Reusable indelibly marked glass bottle without label: no
• List of ingredients is present

Depends on: sold prepacked, glass bottle reusable unlabelled, list of ingredients present

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.

List of ingredients

Label required

List of ingredients

• Sold prepacked
• Reusable indelibly marked glass bottle without label: no
• List of ingredients is present

Depends on: sold prepacked, glass bottle reusable unlabelled, list of ingredients present

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.

List of ingredients

Label required

Engineered nanomaterial ingredients clearly indicated, with the word ‘nano’ in brackets after the name

• Sold prepacked
• Reusable indelibly marked glass bottle without label: no
• List of ingredients is present
• Contains an engineered nanomaterial ingredient

Depends on: sold prepacked, glass bottle reusable unlabelled, list of ingredients present, engineered nanomaterial ingredient

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.

Allergens present in the finished product

Label required

Annex II allergen indicated in the list of ingredients with a clear reference to its Annex II name

• List of ingredients is present
• The name of the food clearly refers to the allergenic substance: no

Depends on: list of ingredients present, name of food refers to allergen

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.

Allergens present in the finished product

Label required

Annex II substance name emphasised through a typeset that distinguishes it from the rest of the list of ingredients (font, style or background colour)

• List of ingredients is present
• The name of the food clearly refers to the allergenic substance: no

Depends on: list of ingredients present, name of food refers to allergen

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.

Allergens present in the finished product, no list of ingredients

Label required

The word ‘contains’ followed by the Annex II name of the substance or product

• Allergens it contains: Cereals containing gluten or Crustaceans or Eggs or Fish or Peanuts or Soy or Milk or Tree nuts or Celery or Mustard or Sesame or Sulphites or Lupin or Molluscs

Depends on: allergens present

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.

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.