Origin labelling
Download our free whitepaper on the new legislation on origin labelling. Our expert takes a closer look at the topic and its consequences for food manufacturers.
Pascal Brysse
What is the origin of your primary ingredient?
New legislation on origin labelling
On 1 April 2020, new legislation came into force for manufacturers voluntarily indicating origin: Implementing Regulation 2018/775. Since then, where the country of origin or place of provenance of a food is indicated and it is not the same as that of the primary ingredient, this must be included in the labelling of the product. In addition, rules were also laid down for how this information should be presented on the label.
Origin references
Where the origin (country of origin or place of provenance) of a primary ingredient is not the same as the origin (country of origin or place of provenance) of the finished product sold, the labelling of the product must be supplemented as follows:
Option 1: a reference is made to the geographical area from which the primary ingredient originates.
Option 2: by means of a statement such as: "(name of the primary ingredient) does not originate from (origin of the food)" or a similar wording with the same meaning.
Products already placed on the market or already labelled
Foods placed on the market or labelled before 1 April 2020 may continue to be sold until stocks are exhausted.
In this whitepaper, we look into this new legislation in more detail.
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