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Traceability Requirements
EU traceability requirements oblige food business operators to identify who supplied them and to whom they supplied, one step back and one…
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Food Additives Regulation
Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 governs food additives in the EU, permitting only additives on the Union list that are safe, technologically necessary…
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Microbiological Criteria Regulation
Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 sets microbiological criteria for foodstuffs, defining food safety criteria and process hygiene criteria for pathogens such as Listeria…
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Contaminants Regulation
Regulation (EU) 2023/915 sets maximum levels for certain contaminants in food, including mycotoxins, heavy metals and process contaminants. Consignments exceeding a maximum…
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Pesticide Residues Regulation
Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 establishes maximum residue levels for pesticides in food and feed of plant and animal origin in the EU.…
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Rapid Alert System
The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed, RASFF, is the EU’s notification network for direct and indirect risks to public health…
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Novel Food Regulation
Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 governs novel foods, defined as foods not consumed to a significant degree in the EU before May 1997. Such…
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Organic Regulation
Regulation (EU) 2018/848 sets the rules for organic production and labelling of organic products in the EU, covering production methods, permitted inputs,…
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Honey Directive
Directive 2001/110/EC defines honey and its reserved descriptions, sets composition criteria such as moisture and sugar content, and lays down labelling rules…
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Quick-Frozen Directive
Council Directive 89/108/EEC is the framework for quick-frozen foodstuffs intended for human consumption in the EU, supplemented by Directives 92/1/EEC and 92/2/EEC,…