EU/976
WTO/TBT
CE Union européenne
  • 67 - Technologie alimentaire
2023-06-25
2023-04-27

the modifications concern honey, fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption, fruit jams, jellies and marmalades intended for human consumption, certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption

Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 2001/110/EC relating to honey, 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption, 2001/113/EC relating to fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human consumption, and 2001/114/EC relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption (COM(2023)201 final); (25 page(s), in English), (6 page(s), in English)

The proposal proposes to revise common rules for honey origin labelling, revise the nutrition claims regarding sugar content that can be made on fruit juices and certain similar products, create a new category for fruit juices whose naturally occurring sugars have been partially removed, revise the minimum quantity of fruit to be used in the manufacture of jam, jelly, extra jam or extra jelly, and authorise a treatment to produce lactose-free milk products.