Provision of Food Information to Consumers: A Burden to Your Business?
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As part of the EU Burden Tracker Initiative, we are looking for your input to identify specific pieces of EU legislation that create significant burdens for businesses
The legislation that has been identified this year is Regulation No. 1169-2011 on the Provision of Food Information to Consumers. Some aspects of the legislation that have been identified as burdensome are as follows: - Obligation for food business operators in the catering and restaurant sector to provide allergen information
- mandatory food information (art. 9)
- storage conditions or conditions of use (art. 25)
- mandatory nutrition declaration
- restrictions to the presentation of the products (art. 34)
- fair information practices (article 7)
If you are an SME working in the food industry and have encountered difficulties in implementing this legislation please get in touch with emma.kerins@chambers.ie directly before the 31st March 2017 who is looking to collect data including; anecdotal evidence, estimates of additional costs incurred; inconsistencies in enforcement etc; and written testimonials from business.
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