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Keywords

food labeling, food additives, food name protection, pesticides, food hygiene, GMOs, Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TCEs), food contaminates, food enzymes, food flavorings, free movement of goods, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), health claims, food fortification, food colors, acrylamide

Document Type

Article

Abstract

On December 23, 2006, the European Commission published Commission Directive 2006/142/EC "amending Annex IlIa of Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council listing the ingredients which must under all circumstances appear on the labelling of foodstuffs" in regard to Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of March 20, 2000, "on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs."' "Annex IIla of Directive 2000/13/EC lists the ingredients which must under all circumstances appear on the labeling of foodstuffs ... " and the new Directive added two new allergens which must be indicated on packaging of foodstuffs: Lupin and products thereof and Molluscs and products thereof.

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