Paola Corte (Studio Legale Corte) will be speaking at the next EFLA Workshop in Brussels, on April 11th, 2018. The European Food Law Association (EFLA) is an international non-profit making organisation that has as its essential goal to study and to promote Food Law, as well as to contribute to its development and to its international harmonisation under conditions taking into account at the same time its specificity, its interdisciplinary nature and its special function, th

On today’s Official Journal, the EU COMMISSION published a NOTICE relating to the provision of information on substances or products causing allergies or intolerances as listed in Annex II to the FIC Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011. The Notice is intended to assist businesses and national authorities in the application of the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 related to the allergen indications (Article 9(1), point (c) and Annex II to the Regulation). The notice provi

In yesterday's session Italy's Government approved the final version of Legislative Decree which sanctions violations of the FIC Regulation (Regulation (EU) no. 1169/2011). The decree provides a single reference framework for the violation of the rules on the provision of food information to consumers, mainly through food labeling. To this end, the administrative authority responsible for the enforcement has been identified in the Department of the Central Inspectorate for t