The Order sets out the arrangements for informing consumers regarding food information that is/contains species of any insects authorised to be placed on the market as novel foods in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulations (EC) 2021/882, 2021/1975, 2023/5 and 58/2023, namely yellow ealworm, Locusta migratoria, house cricket and Alphitobius diaperinus larvae (lesser mealworm) as well as any other insect species included in the Union’s list of novel foods in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, marketed both in the conventional direct sales areas and by means of a remote

communication technique, as well as finished food products / food prepared and / or offered for sale to the consumer for consumption on the spot or at home by mass caterers.

Order requiring economic operators to provide consumers with clear and complete information on foods that are or contain species of any insect authorised to be placed on the market as novel foods

The draft legislative act ensures that consumers in Romania are better informed with regard to food information that is / contains species of any insects authorised to be placed on the market as novel foods in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulations (EC) 2021/882, 2021/1975, 2023/5 and 58/2023, namely yellow mealworm, Locusta migratoria, house cricket and Alphitobius diaperinus larvae (lesser mealworm) as well as any other insect species included in the Union’s list of novel foods in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, marketed both in the conventional direct sales areas and by

means of a remote communication technique, as well as finished food products/food prepared and/or offered for sale to the consumer for consumption on the spot or at home by mass caterers, information intended to help consumers make informed choices.
The Order requires economic operators to:
- in the case of marketing in conventional direct sales areas, indicate the information on foodstuffs which are / contain insect species authorised to be placed on the market as novel foods and be presented in a separate stand, delimited by stands containing established products which are not/do not contain insect
species authorised to be placed on the market as novel foods. The display of the required information shall be carried out by the economic operator, on a support or panel, in a colour contrasting to the background colour of the panel, according to the model shown in the Annex to the Order, on a monocoloured support or panel, without gradient fill or other graphical or colour markings, visibly and in an unequivocal, easily readable form with Times New Roman font - font size 20;
- in the case of marketing by means of a remote communication technique, indicate the information on food that is / contains insect species authorised to be placed on the market as novel foods in such a way that the information is available and accessible before the order is completed, on the remote selling medium, on the price label or transport packaging and in any advertising material;
- in the case of marketing of the finished product / food supplied by mass caterers, which is / contains insect species authorised to be placed on the market as novel foods, the information shall be made available and accessible directly at the place of sale / supply of this product / food or, in the case of marketing by
means of a remote communication technique, before the order is completed. The information must be entered in a visible, easily accessible, legible, indelible place and must not be hidden by other written or photographic material, next to the product, on a panel / menu; If the finished products / foods supplied by
the mass caterers are offered for sale at several different places within the same unit, this information shall be presented to the consumer at each of these places.