CHAPTER IVMANDATORY FOOD INFORMATION

SECTION 2 Detailed provisions on mandatory particulars

Article 19Omission of the list of ingredients

1.

The following foods shall not be required to bear a list of ingredients:

(a)

fresh fruit and vegetables, including potatoes, which have not been peeled, cut or similarly treated;

(b)

carbonated water, the description of which indicates that it has been carbonated;

(c)

fermentation vinegars derived exclusively from a single basic product, provided that no other ingredient has been added;

(d)

cheese, butter, fermented milk and cream, to which no ingredient has been added other than lactic products, food enzymes and micro-organism cultures essential to manufacture, or in the case of cheese other than fresh cheese and processed cheese the salt needed for its manufacture;

(e)

foods consisting of a single ingredient, where:

  1. (i)

    the name of the food is identical to the ingredient name; or

  2. (ii)

    the name of the food enables the nature of the ingredient to be clearly identified.

2.

In order to take into account the relevance for the consumer of a list of ingredients for specific types or categories of foods, F1regulations may be made, in exceptional cases, to supplement paragraph 1 of this Article, provided that omissions do not result in the final consumer or mass caterers being inadequately informed.