7 Amendments of Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF related to 2008/0028(COD)
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) The indication of the country of origin or of the place of provenance of a food should be provided whenever its absence is likely to mislead consumers as to the true country of origin or place of provenance of that product. In other cases, the provision of the indication of country of origin or place of provenance is left to the appreciation of food business operatorsor, for products with more than three ingredients, of the key constituents of that food should always be provided. In all cases, the indication of country of origin or place of provenance should be provided in a manner which does not deceive the consumer and on the basis of clearly defined criteria which ensure a level playing field for the industry and improve consumers' understanding of the information related to the country of origin or place of provenance of a food. Such criteria should not apply to indications related to the name or address of the food business operator.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) To avoid unnecessary burdens on the industrysmall agricultural and craft enterprises that produce and sell food, it is appropriate to exempt certain categories of foods that are unprocessed or only slightly processed or for which nutrition information is not a determining factor for consumer choice from the mandatory inclusion of nutrition declaration, unless the obligation to provide such information is provided under other Community legislation.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 a (new)
Article 27 a (new)
Article 27a Indication of the place of provenance 1. A country or region may be indicated as the place of provenance. 2. The place of provenance shall be indicated on the label or in the list of ingredients. 3. Where the place of provenance of the food is not the same as the one of its primary ingredients, the country of origin or place of provenance of those ingredients shall also be given. 4. For meat, the indication of the place of provenance may be given as a single place only where animals have been born, reared and slaughtered in the same place. In other cases information on each of the different places of birth, rearing and slaughter shall be given. 5. For products containing more than three ingredients, the place of provenance shall be indicated for at least the first three ingredients mentioned.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 b (new)
Article 27 b (new)
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 c (new)
Article 27 c (new)
Article 27c Indication of the use of genetically modified feed In accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 49(4), the Commission shall, by 31 December 2009 at the latest, establish specific criteria for the labelling of milk and milk products, meat and meat products, and eggs originating from animals fed with genetically modified feed, and shall adopt provisions corresponding to the labelling rules in Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed1 to indicate that they are "produced from animals fed with genetically modified feed". 1 OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 a (new)
Article 34 a (new)
Article 34a Exemptions from nutrition labelling In accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 49(4), the Commission shall, by 31 December 2009 at the latest, establish specific criteria on exemptions from nutrition labelling for small agricultural and craft enterprises that produce and sell certain categories of foods that are unprocessed or only slightly processed or for which nutrition information is not a determining factor for consumer choice, unless the obligation to provide such information is provided under other Community legislation.
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 a (new)
Annex III – point 4 a (new)
TYPE OR CATEGORY OF FOOD 4a. Products containing eggs or egg products INDICATIONS In the list of ingredients, the words 'egg, whole egg, egg powder, egg yolk' or 'egg white' shall be followed by an indication as to how the hens from which they are derived have been kept, using the categories 'free-range eggs', 'barn eggs' and 'eggs from caged hens' in accordance with Annex I, Part A of Regulation (EC) No 557/2007.