Dear Clients and Colleagues
The 240-page R. 2986 draft food-labelling regulations has been published, with a comment period of three months (deadline: 30 April 2023). The draft is made up of different sections, similar to what was included in R. 429.
The ‘General Provisions’ section includes subsections on presentation, letter sizes, product name, country of origin, date marking, prohibited statements and negative claims.
The ‘Special Provisions’ section includes ingredient list requirements, bulk stock, small packages, pictorial representations, allergens, misleading descriptions, frozen foodstuffs, vegetarian claims and nutritional information.
In the ‘General Information on Claims’ section you will find enrichment of foods, nutrient profiling models, front-of-pack labelling and other claims, while the ‘Nutrition Claims’ section includes nutrient content claims, ingredient content claims and glycaemic index and load claims. The last section is ‘Health Claims’.
Our shared goal is to ensure that the most appropriate food labelling regulations are published. In order to support our clients with the process of submitting comments we are compiling a side-by-side comparison of the current regulations and the proposed changes which we will work through during our 1-day workshop, asisting you and your company get to grips with the content and making it easier for you to formulate your own comments within the allocated time period.
