in force 2014-02-19 MODIFIED+28 −24§
Amended by Regulation (EU) No 78/2014 32014R0078
applies from: unchanged
The statement associated with point (3) of item 5.1 was changed from describing the food as intended exclusively for people who want to lower their blood cholesterol level to describing the product as not intended for people who do not need to control their blood cholesterol level.
Cited: Annex III, v1 · Annex III, v2
text before / after
02011R1169-20131206 → 02011R1169-20140219
ANNEX III
FOODS FOR WHICH THE LABELLING MUST INCLUDE ONE OR MORE ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS
The level shall apply to the products as proposed ready for consumption or as reconstituted according to the instructions of the manufacturers.
TYPE OR CATEGORY OF FOOD
PARTICULARS
1. Foods packaged … 663 unchanged words … phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols or phytostanol esters content (expressed in % or as g of free plant sterols/plant stanols per 100 g or 100 ml of the food) shall be stated in the list of ingredients;
(3) a statement that the food product is not intended exclusively for people who want do not need to lower control their blood cholesterol level;
(4) a statement that patients on cholesterol lowering medication should only consume the product under medical supervision;
(5) an easily visible statement that the food may not be nutritionally appropriate for pregnant or breastfeeding women and children under the age of 5 years;
(6) advice that the food is to be used as part of a balanced and varied diet, including regular consumption of fruit and vegetables to help maintain carotenoid levels;
(7) in the same field of vision as the statement required under point (3) above, a statement that the consumption of more than 3 g/day of added plant sterols/plant stanols should be avoided;
(8) a definition of a portion of the food or food ingredient concerned (preferably in g or ml) with the amount of the plant sterol/plant stanol that each portion contains.
6. Frozen meat, frozen meat preparations and frozen unprocessed fishery products
6.1. Frozen meat, frozen meat preparations and frozen unprocessed fishery products.
the date of freezing or the date of first freezing in cases where the product has been frozen more than once, in accordance with point (3) of Annex X.