Advanced Search

Change The Food Labeling Regulations 1993 - Lmkv

Original Language Title: Änderung der Lebensmittelkennzeichnungsverordnung 1993 - LMKV

Subscribe to a Global-Regulation Premium Membership Today!

Key Benefits:

Subscribe Now for only USD$40 per month.

165. Regulation of the Federal Minister for Health, Family and Youth, which amended the Food Labelling Regulation 1993-LMKV

On the basis of § 6 (1) and (2) of the Food Safety and Consumer Protection Act-LMSVG, BGBl. I n ° 13/2006, as last amended by the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 112/2007, shall be assigned in agreement with the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Labour:

The Food Labelling Regulation 1993-LMKV, BGBl. No 72, as last amended by the BGBl Regulation. II No 8/2008, shall be amended as follows:

1. In the title, the words "and Food Supplements" is deleted.

2. In § 1 para. 1, the words shall be the words "including food supplements" is deleted.

3. § 4 para. 1 Z 7 lit. Last indent the last sentence reads:

"This shall not apply to the additives or ingredients listed in Annex III and not taken out there."

4. § 4 (1) Z 7 lit. g is:

" (g)

notwithstanding the provisions of (b), (c), (d) and (e), any ingredient listed in Annex III, or obtained from an ingredient listed in Annex III and not exempted there, shall be in the finished product, albeit in a modified form, , with a clear indication of the name of this ingredient. However, this information shall not be required if the description of the product in question contains a clear indication of the ingredient in question. Notwithstanding the provisions of the lit. (f) any substance which has been obtained from a ingredient listed in Annex III and which has not been excluded there, and which remains in the finished product, albeit possibly in a modified form, is considered as an ingredient and is marked with a clear Reference to the name of this ingredient from which it was obtained. "

5. § 7 (2) reads:

(2) However, in the case of beverages containing more than 1,2% by volume of alcohol, any ingredient listed in Annex III and not exempted there shall be declared in the case of beverages containing more than 1.2% by volume if it is present in those beverages. This information shall include the word 'contains' followed by the name of the ingredient (s) concerned. However, this information shall not be required if the ingredient is already mentioned under its specific name in the name of the product or in the list of ingredients. "

6. § 7 (3) reads:

(3) However, in the case of the products listed in the second to fourth indents of paragraph 1 (1) (1) (4) (4), each ingredient listed in Annex III or obtained from an ingredient listed in Annex III and not exempted from it, and the goods listed in paragraph 1 (4) (4) of the second to fourth indent, shall be: -if it may also be in a modified form-in the finished product, to declare with a clear indication of the name of this ingredient. However, this information shall not be required if the title contains a clear indication of the ingredient in question. "

7. § 8 reads:

" § 8. Glass bottles intended for re-use with permanent inscription-without label-and in the case of packaging or Containers whose largest single area is less than 10 cm2 shall satisfy the particulars referred to in Article 4 (1), (1), (3) and (5), as appropriate, in accordance with § 5, and the clear indication of the ingredients and substances listed in Annex III and not excluded there. With regard to the information in accordance with § 4 (1) Z 1, 3 and 5, § 3 (2) does not apply. "

8. The following paragraph 5 is added to Section 12 (4):

" (5) Packed goods which do not comply with the requirements of the 1993 food labelling regulation-LMKV, BGBl. N ° 72, as amended by the BGBl Regulation. II No 165/2008, but the food labelling regulation 1993-LMKV, BGBl. N ° 72, as amended by the BGBl Regulation. II No 8/2008, which have been labelled prior to 31 May 2009, may be placed on the market until the stocks are fully dismantled. "

9. The following indent shall be added to § 13:

"-

Commission Directive 2007 /68/EC of 27 November 2007 amending Annex IIIa to Directive 2000 /13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain food ingredients, OJ L 376, 27.12.2007, p. No. OJ L 310 of 28 November 2007.

10. Annex III is:

" Annex III

1. Cereals containing gluten (i.e. wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, camut or hybrid strains thereof) and products thereof, except

(a) White-based glucose syrups including dextrose (1)

(b) White-based maltodextrins (1)

(c) Glucosesirups on barley basis

(d) cereals for the production of distillates or ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin for spirit drinks and other alcoholic beverages

2. crustaceans and products thereof

3. Eggs and products thereof

4. Fish and products thereof, except

(a) fish gelatine which is used as a carrier for vitamin or carotenoid preparations

(b) fish gelatine or house bubble used as a clarifying agent in beer and wine

5. Peanuts and products thereof

6. Soybeans and products thereof, except

(a) fully refined soybean oil and grease (1)

b) natural mixed tocopherols (E306), natural D-alpha tocopherol, natural D-alpha-tocopherol acetate, natural D-alpha tocopherol sucoctin from soybean sources

(c) phytosterols and phytosterol esters obtained from vegetable oils from soya beans

(d) phytostanol esters obtained from plant oil sterols from soybean sources

7. Milk and products thereof (including lactose), except

(a) Molke for the production of distillates or ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin for spirit drinks and other alcoholic beverages

b) Lactit

8. nuts, d. h. Almonds ( Amygdalus communis L.), hazelnuts ( Corylus avellana ), walnuts ( Juglans regia ), Kashunsing ( Anacardium occidentale ), pecans ( Carya illinoiesis (Wangenh.) K. Koch ), Paranuts ( Bertholletia excelsa ), pistachios ( Pistacia vera ), macadamia nuts and Queensland nuts ( Macadamia ternifolia ) and products derived therefrom, except

Nuts for the production of distillates or ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin for spirit drinks and other alcoholic beverages

9. Sellerie and products thereof

10. Senf and products thereof

11. Sesame seeds and products thereof

12. sulphur dioxide and sulphite at concentrations greater than 10 mg/kg or 10 mg/l, expressed as SO 2

13. Lupines and products derived therefrom

14. Soft animals and products thereof

(1) and products derived therefrom, in so far as the procedure which they have undergone, the allergenicity determined by the EFSA for the relevant product from which it was obtained, is unlikely to increase. "

11. Annex IV is repealed.

Kdolsky