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Provide food information |
Other |
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- Description:
- The company must accompany food with food information required under the Regulation.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- -
- Products/Services:
- Food intended for supply to the final consumer or to mass caterers
- Checking responsibility:
- -
- Check method:
- -
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 6
- Source excerpt:
- Any food intended for supply to the final consumer or to mass caterers shall be accompanied by food information in accordance with this Regulation.
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Ensure presence and accuracy |
Other |
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- Description:
- The responsible company must ensure the presence and accuracy of food information in accordance with applicable law.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- -
- Products/Services:
- Food for which the company is responsible for the food information
- Checking responsibility:
- -
- Check method:
- -
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 8 Absatz 2
- Source excerpt:
- The food business operator responsible for the food information shall ensure the presence and accuracy of the food information in accordance with the applicable food information law and requirements of relevant national provisions.
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Do not supply non-compliant food |
Other |
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- Description:
- Companies that do not affect food information must not supply food they know or presume to be non-compliant based on their professional information.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- -
- Products/Services:
- Food known or presumed to be non-compliant
- Checking responsibility:
- -
- Check method:
- -
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 8 Absatz 3
- Source excerpt:
- Food business operators which do not affect food information shall not supply food which they know or presume, on the basis of the information in their possession as professionals, to be non-compliant with the applicable food information law and requirements of relevant national provisions.
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Control changes to food information |
Governance |
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- Description:
- The company must not modify information in a way that misleads consumers or reduces consumer protection and informed choice, and is responsible for changes it makes.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- -
- Products/Services:
- Food information within the company’s controlled business activities
- Checking responsibility:
- -
- Check method:
- -
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 8 Absatz 4
- Source excerpt:
- Food business operators, within the businesses under their control, shall not modify the information accompanying a food if such modification would mislead the final consumer or otherwise reduce the level of consumer protection and the possibilities for the final consumer to make informed choices. Food business operators are responsible for any changes they make to food information accompanying a food.
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Verify compliance |
Governance |
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- Description:
- The company must ensure compliance with food information law and relevant national provisions applicable to its activities and verify that the requirements are met.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- -
- Products/Services:
- Food and food information relevant to the company’s activities
- Checking responsibility:
- -
- Check method:
- Internal verification of compliance within the controlled business activities
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 8 Absatz 5
- Source excerpt:
- Food business operators, within the businesses under their control, shall ensure compliance with the requirements of food information law and relevant national provisions which are relevant to their activities and shall verify that such requirements are met.
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Transmit information on non-prepacked food |
Record Keeping |
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- Description:
- The company must transmit information on non-prepacked food to the receiving food company so that mandatory food information can be provided where required.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- -
- Products/Services:
- Non-prepacked food intended for final consumers or mass caterers
- Checking responsibility:
- -
- Check method:
- -
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 8 Absatz 6
- Source excerpt:
- Food business operators, within the businesses under their control, shall ensure that information relating to non-prepacked food intended for the final consumer or for supply to mass caterers shall be transmitted to the food business operator receiving the food in order to enable, when required, the provision of mandatory food information to the final consumer.
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Display mandatory particulars |
Record Keeping |
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- Description:
- The company must ensure that mandatory particulars appear on the prepackaging, an attached label, or qualifying commercial documents, with specified particulars also on the external packaging.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- -
- Products/Services:
- Prepacked food at the distribution stages specified in Article 8(7)
- Checking responsibility:
- -
- Check method:
- -
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 8 Absatz 7
- Source excerpt:
- food business operators, within the businesses under their control, shall ensure that the mandatory particulars required under Articles 9 and 10 shall appear on the prepackaging or on a label attached thereto, or on the commercial documents referring to the foods
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Provide sufficient information to other companies |
Record Keeping |
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- Description:
- The company must provide other food companies with sufficient information to enable them to meet their obligations.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- -
- Products/Services:
- Food supplied to other food companies and not intended for final consumers or mass caterers
- Checking responsibility:
- -
- Check method:
- -
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 8 Absatz 8
- Source excerpt:
- Food business operators that supply to other food business operators food not intended for the final consumer or to mass caterers shall ensure that those other food business operators are provided with sufficient information to enable them, where appropriate, to meet their obligations under paragraph 2.
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Present mandatory information legibly |
Other |
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- Description:
- The company must display mandatory food information conspicuously, clearly legibly and, where appropriate, indelibly; additional font-size and field-of-vision requirements apply to prepacked food.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- -
- Products/Services:
- All food bearing mandatory particulars, particularly prepacked food
- Checking responsibility:
- -
- Check method:
- Check that labelling is conspicuous, legible and indelible
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 13 Absatz 1
- Source excerpt:
- Mandatory food information shall be marked in a conspicuous place in such a way as to be easily visible, clearly legible and, where appropriate, indelible.
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Provide mandatory information in distance selling |
Other |
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- Description:
- The company must make most mandatory food information available before the purchase is concluded and all mandatory particulars available at delivery.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- -
- Products/Services:
- Prepacked food offered for sale by distance communication
- Checking responsibility:
- -
- Check method:
- -
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 14 Absatz 1 Buchstaben a und b
- Source excerpt:
- mandatory food information, except the particulars provided in point (f) of Article 9(1), shall be available before the purchase is concluded ... all mandatory particulars shall be available at the moment of delivery.
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Provide information in an understandable language |
Other |
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- Description:
- The company must provide mandatory food information in a language easily understood by consumers in the Member State where the food is marketed.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- -
- Products/Services:
- Food marketed in Member States
- Checking responsibility:
- -
- Check method:
- -
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 15 Absatz 1
- Source excerpt:
- mandatory food information shall appear in a language easily understood by the consumers of the Member States where a food is marketed.
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Provide mandatory food particulars |
Other |
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- Description:
- The company must provide required particulars including the food name, ingredients, allergens, quantities, net quantity, durability or use-by date, storage conditions, responsible company, origin where required, instructions for use, alcohol strength where applicable, and nutrition declaration.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- -
- Products/Services:
- Food intended for final consumers or mass caterers
- Checking responsibility:
- -
- Check method:
- -
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 9 Absatz 1
- Source excerpt:
- In accordance with Articles 10 to 35 and subject to the exceptions contained in this Chapter, indication of the following particulars shall be mandatory:
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Prepare a nutrition declaration |
Reporting |
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- Description:
- The company must provide a nutrition declaration covering energy, fat, saturates, carbohydrate, sugars, protein and salt, and calculate or determine the values under the prescribed rules.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- -
- Products/Services:
- Food subject to a mandatory nutrition declaration
- Checking responsibility:
- -
- Check method:
- Calculation or analysis using the prescribed conversion factors and bases
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Artikel 30 Absatz 1
- Source excerpt:
- The mandatory nutrition declaration shall include the following: energy value; and the amounts of fat, saturates, carbohydrate, sugars, protein and salt.
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