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Additional mandatory requirements
The Regulation contains a listing of certain food which must provide additional information. This is contained in Annex III and details of these are given below. Certain other legislation requires specific additional labelling - some of these are also given below.
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- Annex III requirements:
- Other legislation
Annex III requirements
Foods packaged in certain gases
- TYPE OR CATEGORY OF FOOD: Foods whose durability has been extended by means of packaging gases authorised pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008
- PARTICULARS: ‘packaged in a protective atmosphere’.
Foods containing sweeteners:
- TYPE OR CATEGORY OF FOOD: Foods containing a sweetener or sweeteners authorised pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008
- PARTICULARS: ‘with sweetener(s)’ this statement shall accompany the name of the food.
- TYPE OR CATEGORY OF FOOD: Foods containing both an added sugar or sugars and a sweetener or sweeteners authorised pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008.
- PARTICULARS: ‘with sugar(s) and sweetener(s)’ this statement shall accompany the name of the food.
- TYPE OR CATEGORY OF FOOD: Foods containing aspartame / aspartame-acesulfame salt authorised pursuant to Regulation EC) No 1333/2008.
- PARTICULARS: ‘contains aspartame (a source of phenylalanine)’ shall appear on the label in cases where aspartame/aspartame- acesulfame salt is designated in the list of ingredients only by reference to the E number. ‘contains a source of phenylalanine’ shall appear on the label in cases where aspartame/aspartame-acesulfame salt is designated in the list of ingredients by its specific name.
- TYPE OR CATEGORY OF FOOD: Foods containing more than 10% added polyols authorised pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008.
- PARTICULARS: ‘excessive consumption may produce laxative effects’.
Foods containing glycyrrhizinic acid or its ammonium salt
- TYPE OR CATEGORY OF FOOD: Confectionery or beverages containing glycyrrhizinic acid or its ammonium salt due to the addition of the substance(s) as such or the liquorice plant Glycyrrhiza glabra, at concentration of 100mg/kg or 10mg/l or above.
- PARTICULARS: ‘contains liquorice’ shall be added immediately after the list of ingredients, unless the term ‘liquorice’ is already included in the list of ingredients or in the name of the food. In the absence of a list of ingredients, the statement shall accompany the name of the food.
- TYPE OR CATEGORY OF FOOD: Confectionary containing glycyrrhizinic acid or its ammonium salt due to the addition of the substance(s) as such or the liquorice plant Glycyrrhiza glabra at concentrations of 4g/kg or above.
- PARTICULARS: ‘contains liquorice – people suffering from hypertension should avoid excessive consumption’ shall be added immediately after the list of ingredients. In the absence of a list of ingredients, the statement shall accompany the name of the food.
- TYPE OR CATEGORY OF FOOD: Beverages containing glycyrrhizinic acid or its ammonium salt due to the addition of the substance(s) as such or the liquorice plant Glycyrrhiza glabra at concentrations of 50 mg/l or above, or of 300 mg/l or above in the case of beverages containing more than 1,2% by volume of alcohol (The level shall apply to the products as proposed ready for consumption or as reconstituted according to the instructions of the manufacturers).
- PARTICULARS: ‘contains liquorice – people suffering from hypertension should avoid excessive consumption’ shall be added immediately after the list of ingredients. In the absence of a list of ingredients, the statement shall accompany the name of the food.
Beverages with high caffeine content or foods with added caffeine
- TYPE OR CATEGORY OF FOOD: Beverages, with the exception of those based on coffee, tea or coffee or tea extract where the name of the food includes the term ‘coffee’ or ‘tea’, which:
- are intended for consumption without modification and contain caffeine, from whatever source, in a proportion in excess of 150 mg/l, or,
- are in concentrated or dried form and after reconstitution contain caffeine, from whatever source, in a proportion in excess of 150 mg/l,
- PARTICULARS: ‘High caffeine content. Not recommended for children or pregnant or breast-feeding women’ in the same field of vision as the name of the beverage, followed by a reference in brackets and in accordance with Article 13(1) of this Regulation to the caffeine content expressed in mg per 100 ml.
- TYPE OR CATEGORY OF FOOD: Foods other than beverages, where caffeine is added with a physiological purpose.
- PARTICULARS: ‘Contains caffeine. Not recommended for children or pregnant women’ in the same field of vision as the name of the food, followed by a reference in brackets and in accordance with Article 13(1) of this Regulation to the caffeine content expressed in mg per 100 g/ml. In the case of food supplements, the caffeine content shall be expressed per portion as recommended for daily consumption on the labelling.
Foods with added phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols or phytostanol esters
- TYPE OR CATEGORY OF FOOD: Foods or food ingredients with added phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols or phytostanol esters.
- PARTICULARS:
- (1) ‘with added plant sterols’ or ‘with added plant stanols’ in the same field of vision as the name of the food;
- (2) the amount of added phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols or phytostanol esters content (expressed in % or as g of free plant sterols/plant stanols per 100 g or 100 ml of the food) shall be stated in the list of ingredients;
- (3) a statement that the product is not intended for people who do not need to control their blood cholesterol level;
- (4) a statement that patients on cholesterol lowering medication should only consume the product under medical supervision;
- (5) an easily visible statement that the food may not be nutritionally appropriate for pregnant or breastfeeding women and children under the age of 5 years;
- (6) advice that the food is to be used as part of a balanced and varied diet, including regular consumption of fruit and vegetables to help maintain carotenoid levels;
- (7) in the same field of vision as the statement required under point (3) above, a statement that the consumption of more than 3 g/day of added plant sterols/plant stanols should be avoided;
- (8) a definition of a portion of the food or food ingredient concerned (preferably in g or ml) with the amount of the plant sterol/plant stanol that each portion contains.
Frozen meat, frozen meat preparations and frozen unprocessed fishery products
- TYPE OR CATEGORY OF FOOD: Frozen meat, frozen meat preparations and frozen unprocessed fishery products.
- PARTICULARS: The date of freezing or the date of first freezing in cases where the product has been frozen more than once. For specific details of how to mark, see separate page: Date marking / storage conditions
Other Legislation
Foods containing certain colours
Note: This requirement is contained in EU Regulation 1333/2008
As a requirement of the food additive regulations, for certain colours a special warning statement is needed stating '[name or E number of the colours]: may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children'. For a listing of the colours, view listing.
Raw milk/Colostrum:
Note: This requirement is contained in EU Regulation 853/2004
Labelling must clearly show:
(a) in the case of raw milk intended for direct human consumption, the words ‘raw milk’;
(b) in the case of products made with raw milk, the manufacturing process for which does not include any heat treatment or any physical or chemical treatment, the words ‘made with raw milk’;
(c) in case of colostrum, the word ‘colostrum’;
(d) in case of products made with colostrum, the words ‘made with colostrum’.
Dried milk products:
Note: This requirement is contained in EU Directive 2001/114/EC (implemented in England by SI 2015 No. 675))
- TYPE OR CATEGORY OF FOOD: (a) Dried high-fat milk or high-fat milk powder, (b) Dried whole milk or whole milk powder, (c) Dried partly skimmed milk or partly skimmed-milk powder, and (d) Dried skimmed milk or skimmed milk powder
- PARTICULARS: Must be marked or labelled with “not intended as a food for infants under 12 months”. The label must also state the recommendations as to the method of dilution or reconstitution, including details of the fat content of the product thus diluted or reconstituted.
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