Twenty-seven associations and companies of the Spanish fruit and vegetable sector request the improvement of the draft Royal Decree, which is currently being developed by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, to reinforce healthy eating among children.
The regulation (twentieth additional provision) will allow companies to relabel products whose composition has been reformulated as long as the availability of certain resources is compromised for supply reasons.
Operators will therefore be able to use adhesive labels or stickers, ink-jet printing or other equivalent systems. The mandatory requirement is that they contain updated information on the ingredients replacing those previously used.
The Council of Ministers has approved a Royal Decree Law containing exceptional measures on food labeling, as a consequence of the reduction in the supply of some raw materials caused by the war in Ukraine.
The rule will allow companies to relabel products whose composition has been reformulated while the availability of certain resources is compromised for reasons of supply.
Operators will therefore be able to use adhesive labels or stickers, ink-jet printing or other equivalent systems. The mandatory requirement is that they contain updated information on the ingredients replacing those previously used.
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).
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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