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Official Journal of the European Union 22.11.2011
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
(24) When used in the production of foods and still present
therein, certain ingredients or other substances or
products (such as processing aids) can cause allergies or
intolerances in some people, and some of those allergies
or intolerances constitute a danger to the health of those
concerned. It is important that information on the
presence of food additives, processing aids and other
substances or products with a scientifically proven
allergenic or intolerance effect should be given to
enable consumers, particularly those suffering from a
food allergy or intolerance...
...CHAPTER IV
MANDATORY FOOD INFORMATION
SECTION 1
Content and presentation
Article 9
List of mandatory particulars
1. In accordance with Articles 10 to 35 and subject to the
exceptions contained in this Chapter, indication of the following
particulars shall be mandatory:
(a) the name of the food;
(b) the list of ingredients;
(c) any ingredient or processing aid listed in Annex II or
derived from a substance or product listed in Annex II
causing allergies or intolerances used in the manufacture
or preparation of a food and still present in the finished
...Article 18
List of ingredients
1. The list of ingredients shall be headed or preceded by a
suitable heading which consists of or includes the word
‘ingredients’. It shall include all the ingredients of the food, in
descending order of weight, as recorded at the time of their use
in the manufacture of the food....
...Article 21
Labelling of certain substances or products causing allergies
or intolerances
1. Without prejudice to the rules adopted under
Article 44(2), the particulars referred to in point (c) of
Article 9(1) shall meet the following requirements:
(a) they shall be indicated in the list of ingredients in
accordance with the rules laid down in Article 18(1), with
a clear reference to the name of the substance or product as
listed in Annex II; and
(b) the name of the substance or product as listed in Annex II
shall be emphasised through a typeset that clearly distin
guishes it from the rest of the list of ingredients, for
example by means of the font, style or background colour.
In the absence of a list of ingredients, the indication of the
particulars referred to in point (c) of Article 9(1) shall
comprise the word ‘contains’ followed by the name of the
substance or product as listed in Annex II....
...Article 54
Transitional measures
1. Foods placed on the market or labelled prior to
13 December 2014 which do not comply with the
requirements of this Regulation may be marketed until the
stocks of the foods are exhausted.
Foods placed on the market or labelled prior to 13 December
2016 which do not comply with the requirement laid down in
point (l) of Article 9(1) may be marketed until the stocks of the
foods are exhausted....
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:304:0018:0063:EN:PDF
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
(24) When used in the production of foods and still present
therein, certain ingredients or other substances or
products (such as processing aids) can cause allergies or
intolerances in some people, and some of those allergies
or intolerances constitute a danger to the health of those
concerned. It is important that information on the
presence of food additives, processing aids and other
substances or products with a scientifically proven
allergenic or intolerance effect should be given to
enable consumers, particularly those suffering from a
food allergy or intolerance...
...CHAPTER IV
MANDATORY FOOD INFORMATION
SECTION 1
Content and presentation
Article 9
List of mandatory particulars
1. In accordance with Articles 10 to 35 and subject to the
exceptions contained in this Chapter, indication of the following
particulars shall be mandatory:
(a) the name of the food;
(b) the list of ingredients;
(c) any ingredient or processing aid listed in Annex II or
derived from a substance or product listed in Annex II
causing allergies or intolerances used in the manufacture
or preparation of a food and still present in the finished
...Article 18
List of ingredients
1. The list of ingredients shall be headed or preceded by a
suitable heading which consists of or includes the word
‘ingredients’. It shall include all the ingredients of the food, in
descending order of weight, as recorded at the time of their use
in the manufacture of the food....
...Article 21
Labelling of certain substances or products causing allergies
or intolerances
1. Without prejudice to the rules adopted under
Article 44(2), the particulars referred to in point (c) of
Article 9(1) shall meet the following requirements:
(a) they shall be indicated in the list of ingredients in
accordance with the rules laid down in Article 18(1), with
a clear reference to the name of the substance or product as
listed in Annex II; and
(b) the name of the substance or product as listed in Annex II
shall be emphasised through a typeset that clearly distin
guishes it from the rest of the list of ingredients, for
example by means of the font, style or background colour.
In the absence of a list of ingredients, the indication of the
particulars referred to in point (c) of Article 9(1) shall
comprise the word ‘contains’ followed by the name of the
substance or product as listed in Annex II....
...Article 54
Transitional measures
1. Foods placed on the market or labelled prior to
13 December 2014 which do not comply with the
requirements of this Regulation may be marketed until the
stocks of the foods are exhausted.
Foods placed on the market or labelled prior to 13 December
2016 which do not comply with the requirement laid down in
point (l) of Article 9(1) may be marketed until the stocks of the
foods are exhausted....
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:304:0018:0063:EN:PDF