Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011
On the provision of food information to consumers,
amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (Text with EEA relevance)Food Information to Consumers Regulation – FIC
- Recitals
CHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II — GENERAL PRINCIPLES ON FOOD INFORMATION
CHAPTER III — GENERAL FOOD INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FOOD BUSINESS OPERATORS
CHAPTER IV — MANDATORY FOOD INFORMATION
SECTION 1 — Content and presentation
- Article 9 — List of mandatory particulars
- Article 10 — Additional mandatory particulars for specific types or categories of foods
- Article 11 — Weights and measures
- Article 12 — Availability and placement of mandatory food information
- Article 13 — Presentation of mandatory particulars
- Article 14 — Distance selling
- Article 15 — Language requirements
- Article 16 — Omission of certain mandatory particulars
SECTION 2 — Detailed provisions on mandatory particulars
- Article 17 — Name of the food
- Article 18 — List of ingredients
- Article 19 — Omission of the list of ingredients
- Article 20 — Omission of constituents of food from the list of ingredients
- Article 21 — Labelling of certain substances or products causing allergies or intolerances
- Article 22 — Quantitative indication of ingredients
- Article 23 — Net quantity
- Article 24 — Minimum durability date, use by date and date of freezing
- Article 25 — Storage conditions or conditions of use
- Article 26 — Country of origin or place of provenance
- Article 27 — Instructions for use
- Article 28 — Alcoholic strength
SECTION 3 — Nutrition declaration
CHAPTER V — VOLUNTARY FOOD INFORMATION
CHAPTER VI — NATIONAL MEASURES
- Article 38 — National measures
- Article 39 — National measures on additional mandatory particulars
- Article 40 — Milk and milk products
- Article 41 — Alcoholic beverages
- Article 42 — Expression of the net quantity
- Article 43 — Voluntary indication of reference intakes for specific population groups
- Article 44 — National measures for non-prepacked food
- Article 45 — Notification procedure
CHAPTER VII — IMPLEMENTING, AMENDING AND FINAL PROVISIONS
- Article 46 — Amendments to the Annexes
- Article 47 — Transitional period for and date of application of implementing measures or delegated acts
- Article 48 — Committee
- Article 49 — Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006
- Article 50 — Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006
- Article 51 — Exercise of the delegation
- Article 52 — Urgency procedure
- Article 53 — Repeal
- Article 54 — Transitional measures
- Article 55 — Entry into force and date of application
- Final
- ANNEX I — SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS
- ANNEX II — SUBSTANCES OR PRODUCTS CAUSING ALLERGIES OR INTOLERANCES
- ANNEX III
- ANNEX IV — DEFINITION OF x-HEIGHT
- ANNEX V — FOODS WHICH ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF THE MANDATORY NUTRITION DECLARATION
- ANNEX VI — NAME OF THE FOOD AND SPECIFIC ACCOMPANYING PARTICULARS
- ANNEX VII — INDICATION AND DESIGNATION OF INGREDIENTS
- ANNEX VIII — QUANTITATIVE INDICATION OF INGREDIENTS
- ANNEX IX — NET QUANTITY DECLARATION
- ANNEX X — DATE OF MINIMUM DURABILITY, USE BY DATE AND DATE OF FREEZING
- ANNEX XI
- ANNEX XII — ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH
- ANNEX XIII — REFERENCE INTAKES
- ANNEX XIV — CONVERSION FACTORS
- ANNEX XV — EXPRESSION AND PRESENTATION OF NUTRITION DECLARATION