{"id":12576,"date":"2022-07-31T19:33:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T19:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legalblog.ie\/?p=12576"},"modified":"2022-09-25T07:30:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T07:30:04","slug":"traceability-pre-packaged-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/traceability-pre-packaged-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Packaged Foods [EU]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_63 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/traceability-pre-packaged-foods\/#Traceability_of_pre-packaged_foods\" title=\"Traceability of pre-packaged foods\">Traceability of pre-packaged foods<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/traceability-pre-packaged-foods\/#Scope\" title=\"Scope\">Scope<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/traceability-pre-packaged-foods\/#Labelling_of_lots\" title=\"Labelling of lots\">Labelling of lots<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/traceability-pre-packaged-foods\/#ACT\" title=\"ACT\">ACT<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Traceability_of_pre-packaged_foods\"><\/span>Traceability of pre-packaged foods<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Directive 2011\/91\/EU on indications or marks identifying the lot to which a foodstuff belongs.It has applied since 5 January 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014It makes sure that consumers can trace the origin of pre-packaged foods.<br \/>\n\u2014It requires these foods to be labelled so that consumers can see which lot they come from.<br \/>\n\u2014It ensures that public health and food safety authorities can find out the origin and identity of pre-packaged foods in the event that these are the subject of a dispute or are a health hazard for consumers.<br \/>\n\u2014It sets out rules for producers, manufacturers, packagers and importers for labelling these foods using a common lot identification system.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Scope\"><\/span>Scope<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Directive applies to all pre-packaged foods apart from:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014agricultural products which are:<br \/>\n\u2014in temporary storage, preparation or packaging stations;<br \/>\n\u2014transported to producers\u2019 organisations; or<br \/>\n\u2014collected for immediate processing.<br \/>\n\u2014foods that are not prepackaged when on sale to the final consumer, are packaged at the purchaser&#8217;s request or prepackaged for immediate sale;<br \/>\n\u2014packaging or containers whose largest side is less than 10cm2;<br \/>\n\u2014individual portions of ice cream packaged together, where the lot identification must appear on the outside of the combined package.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Labelling_of_lots\"><\/span>Labelling of lots<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u2014Each lot must be labelled by the producer, manufacturer or packager, or the first seller based within the EU if it is imported.<br \/>\n\u2014The lot identification must be preceded by the letter \u2018L\u2019 except if is clearly distinguishable from the other information on the label.<br \/>\n\u2014The information on the label must be easily visible, clearly legible and indelible.<br \/>\n\u2014There is no need to indicate the lot if the \u2018use by\u2019 date appears on the label.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ACT\"><\/span>ACT<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Directive 2011\/91\/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on indications or marks identifying the lot to which a foodstuff belongs (OJ L 334, 16.12.2011, pp. 1\u20135)<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-12576\" data-postid=\"12576\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-12576 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traceability of pre-packaged foods Directive 2011\/91\/EU on indications or marks identifying the lot to which a foodstuff belongs.It has applied since 5 January 2012. \u2014It makes sure that consumers can trace the origin of pre-packaged foods. \u2014It requires these foods to be labelled so that consumers can see which lot they come from. \u2014It ensures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12576"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12576"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18624,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12576\/revisions\/18624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}