Draft Commission Implementing Regulation laying down rules on conformity checks of marketing standards for olive oil and methods of analysis of the characteristics of olive oil. This draft act includes provisions from the current EU legislation on olive oil standards (Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 29/2012) which relate to conformity checks carried out by EU Member States’ control authorities, collaboration on those checks, obligations of control authorities and operators as well as methods of analysis for determining the characteristics of olive oil.
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Around the World – Spain: Government facilitates changes in sunflower oil food labeling
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs has issued a set of exceptional and temporary measures to allow changes in the labeling of foods containing vegetable oils or fats in order to facilitate relabeling by the industry due to the shortage of sunflower oil due to the war in Ukraine.
Around the World – Spain: OCU describes the decree that will prohibit food advertising as a great advance
The consumer organization (OCU in Spanish) has described as “enormous progress” the Royal Decree on Food Advertising aimed at minors, to collect the main points defended by entity in its campaign ‘No to the ads empacho’, as the ban on advertising unhealthy food to children under 16 years or the use of influencers and celebrities to promote their consumption.
Around the World – Spain: Draft bottled water amendment in public consultation
On the website of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs is the hearing and public information process of the draft royal decree amending Royal Decree 1798/2010, of December 30, which regulates the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters and spring waters packaged for human consumption, and Royal Decree 1799/2010, of December 30, which regulates the process of preparation and marketing of packaged prepared waters for human consumption.
The project, which comes from the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN), aims to incorporate the changes included in the new Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast version).
Around the World – Spain: The Royal Decree on food and beverage advertising for minors under 16 will prohibit the use of influencers
The Royal Decree on the regulation of food and beverage advertising aimed at children will prohibit the appearance in commercial communications aimed at children under 16 years of “influencers”, people or characters “of relevance, public notoriety or proximity” with the child audience, whether real or fictional, who, by their career, “are likely to constitute a model or example for minors” as well as mothers or fathers, educators, teachers, professionals of children’s programs, athletes or artists.
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