milled cereal products, pasta, bakery products, confectionery products, doughs

Implementing Decree on the requirements for milled cereal products, pasta, bakery products, and confectionery products and doughs

The purpose of submitting a new draft Implementing Decree is to adapt the requirements for milled cereal products, pasta, bakery products, and confectionery products and doughs to new scientific knowledge and technological developments in the food industry and to the directly applicable European Union legislation.

The changes to the existing provisions are also related to amendments to the relevant legislation, in particular the amendment to Act No 110/1997 on foodstuffs and tobacco products and on amendments to certain related acts, and to new legislation, such as Implementing Decree No 417/2016 on certain methods for labelling foodstuffs. The need for some of the amendments and refinements arose from practical experience.

The first part of the Implementing Decree provides definitions of milled cereal products, pasta, bakery products, confectionery products and doughs. This is followed by provisions laying down further requirements for the classification of products into groups and subgroups and specifying the sensory and physical quality requirements.

The draft Implementing Decree does not transpose any European Union directives.

Keywords:

milled cereal products, pasta, bakery products, confectionery products, doughs

The Draft refers to the following directly applicable EU legislation:

Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety, as amended.

Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs, as amended.

Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007, as amended.

Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004, as amended.