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Yeah, that's why I pointed out there could be a broad labeling standard (if the name implies a plant oil, provide the percentage...). Then they would at least

Yeah, that's why I pointed out there could be a broad labeling standard (if the name implies a plant oil, provide the percentage...). Then they would at least be able to take action against violators.

zokier 5y ago
EU food labeling regulation has following requirement (Article 22): 1. The indication of the quantity of an ingredient or category of ingredients used in the manufacture or preparation of a food shall be required where the ingredient or category of ingredients concerned: (a) appears in the name of the food or is usually associated with that name by the consumer; (b) is emphasised on the labelling in words, pictures or graphics; or (c) is essential to characterise a food and to distinguish it from products with which it might be confused because of its name or appearance. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02011R1169-20180101&from=EN#tocId30 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CEL... There is also the general base requirement of not being misleading in Article 7: 1. Food information shall not be misleading, particularly: (a) as to the characteristics of the food and, in particular, as to its nature, identity, properties, composition, quantity, durability, country of origin or place of provenance, method of manufacture or production; (b) by attributing to the food effects or properties which it does not possess; (c) by suggesting that the food possesses special characteristics when in fact all similar foods possess such characteristics, in particular by specifically emphasising the presence or absence of certain ingredients and/or nutrients; (d) by suggesting, by means of the appearance, the description or pictorial representations, the presence of a particular food or an ingredient, while in reality a component naturally present or an ingredient normally used in that food has been substituted with a different component or a different ingredient. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02011R1169-20180101&from=EN#tocId12 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CEL...

zokier 5y ago

EU food labeling regulation has following requirement (Article 22): 1. The indication of the quantity of an ingredient or category of ingredients used in the manufacture or preparation of a food shall be required where the ingredient or category of ingredients concerned: (a) appears in the name of the food or is usually associated with that name by the consumer; (b) is emphasised on the labelling in words, pictures or graphics; or (c) is essential to characterise a food and to distinguish it from products with which it might be confused because of its name or appearance. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02011R1169-20180101&from=EN#tocId30 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CEL... There is also the general base requirement of not being misleading in Article 7: 1. Food information shall not be misleading, particularly: (a) as to the characteristics of the food and, in particular, as to its nature, identity, properties, composition, quantity, durability, country of origin or place of provenance, method of manufacture or production; (b) by attributing to the food effects or properties which it does not possess; (c) by suggesting that the food possesses special characteristics when in fact all similar foods possess such characteristics, in particular by specifically emphasising the presence or absence of certain ingredients and/or nutrients; (d) by suggesting, by means of the appearance, the description or pictorial representations, the presence of a particular food or an ingredient, while in reality a component naturally present or an ingredient normally used in that food has been substituted with a different component or a different ingredient. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02011R1169-20180101&from=EN#tocId12 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CEL...