Eu Directive 89/2003

Dear Saferpakers,

EU has issued the DIRECTIVE 2003/89/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 10 November 2003 amending Directive 2000/13/EC as regards indication of the ingredients present in foodstuffs.

Directive 89/2003

May be of interest for preprinted packaging materials.

Best regards. B) Franco

May be of interest for preprinted packaging materials.

Certainly is Franco in so much as it's critical that ingredients are printed accurately and without printing errors such as missing print, out of register etc. In the BRC/IoP Packaging Standard I think these are referred to as defects critical to consumer safety.

Thanks for that.

:)
Regards,
Simon

Dear All,

The BRC/FDF have issued guidance notes on 2003/89/EC see link below

BRC Guidance on the practical application of Directive 2003/89/EC

It's still not clear how allergens should be labelled.

When I have more info I will post it.

Cheers

Dear All,

Here is a link to some IGD guidelines on allergen labelling.

BROKEN LINK:
Unfortunately the link provided was incorrect so I have attached the IGD document below.

BTW thanks Yorky.

Dear All,

Here are some new guidance notes from the FSA on the the new labelling regulations

Thanks Yorky.

Regards,
Simon

BRC document enclosed. Rgds. Franco

More needs to be discussed on this issue at this forum.

WOW! the impact is tremendous. How much money does one have to spend to "revamp" their product labels before next X'mas (sorry Wallace) to meet compliance. What is the possibility of getting it wrong especially if EXPORTERS do not have access to professional help and thats money too.

WORRIED!

Charles Chew

Here is an assessment carried out by the Food Standards Agency on the effects of the new packaging legislation. They think the cost to industry will be approx. £50m to £100m .

EU guidelines on allergen labelling enclosed. Regards. Franco

These guidelines were approved on 23 June 2005 by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.
Allergen labelling EU guidelines
Regards. Franco