Foodlaw-Reading
Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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European Parliament News Item, 1 December 2023
On 29 November, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted on the draft report on the proposal for a revision of four of the seven “Breakfast Directives”, related to honey, fruit juices, jams and marmalades, and dehydrated milk.
The proposed directive - in line with the EU Green Deal and the 'Farm to Fork' Strategy - lays down common rules on the composition, sale name, labelling and presentation of certain food products in order to harmonize marketing standards to facilitate the adoption and supply of sustainably produced products and contribute to healthy diets. In addition, the directive aims to ensure greater transparency on the composition and origin of food products.
In the draft report, the rapporteur proposes a more ambitious approach to honey labelling, suggesting making it mandatory to indicate the countries of origin where the honey was harvested. Moreover, the rapporteur advocates banning health benefit claims on sugar-reduced fruit juices, lowering new limits on the legal minimum fruit content in jams, and halving the transposition deadlines for directives.
For the previous news item on this topic, see:
