10 Amendments of Antonio DE BLASIO related to 2008/0028(COD)
Amendment 144 #
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
iii) the health impactimpact on health, including the risks and consequences related to harmful and hazardous consumption of a food;
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) information on nutritional characteristics so as to enable consumers, including those with special dietary requirements, to make sufficiently informed choices.
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the country of origin or place of provenance where failure to indicate this might mislead the consumer to a material degree as to the true country of origin or place of provenance of the food, in particular if the information accompanying the food or the label as a whole would otherwise imply that the food has a different country of origin or place of provenance; in such cases the indication shall be in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 35(3) and (4) and those established in accordance with Article 35(5);
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. However, the situation must be avoided whereby food product labels carry a bewilderingly large amount of information and thus become unreadable; it is therefore necessary to ensure, through regulation, that products packaged in small quantities or containers show only the four most important pieces of nutritive information (energy, protein, carbohydrate, fat content).
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 - paragraph 1
Article 14 - paragraph 1
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. The appropriate date shall be expressed in accordance with Annex IX. as follows:: A. DATE OF MINIMUM DURABILITY: a) The date shall be preceded by the words: - ‘Best before …’, when the date includes an indication of the day - ‘Best before end …’ in other cases. b) The words referred to in point (a) shall be accompanied by: - either the date itself, or - a reference to where the date is given on the labelling. If need be, these particulars shall be followed by a description of the storage conditions which must be observed if the product is to keep for the specified period. c) The date shall consist of the day, month and year in uncoded form, in this sequence and in the same language as the label. d) Subject to Community provisions imposing other types of date indication, an indication of the durability date shall not be required for: - fresh fruit and vegetables, including potatoes, which have not been peeled, cut or similarly treated. This derogation shall not apply to sprouting seeds and similar products such as legume sprouts, - wines, sparkling wines, aromatised wines and similar products obtained from fruits other than grapes, and beverages falling within CN codes 2206 00 91, 2206 00 93 and 2206 00 99 and manufactured from grapes or grape musts - beverages containing 10 % or more by volume of alcohol - soft drinks, fruit juices, fruit nectars and alcoholic beverages with an alcoholic strength of at least 1.2 % vol in individual containers of more than five litres, intended for supply to mass caterers - bakers' or pastry cooks' wares which, given the nature of their content, are normally consumed within 24 hours of their manufacture, - vinegar, - cooking salt, - solid sugar, - confectionery products consisting almost solely of flavourings and/or coloured sugars - chewing gums and similar chewing products, - individual portions of ice-cream. B. ‘USE BY’ DATE: a) The date shall be preceded by the words ‘use by...’; b) The words in point (a) shall be accompanied by: - either the date itself, or - a reference to where the date is given on the labelling. Those particulars shall be followed by a description of the storage conditions which must be guaranteed. c) The date shall consist of the day, the month and the year, in uncoded form, in this sequence and in the same language as the label. d) The manner of indicating the date of minimum durability referred to in point 1(c) of Annex IX may be specified in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 49(2). C. DATE OF MANUFACTURE: a) The date shall be preceded by the words ‘Date of manufacture’; b) The words in point (a) shall be accompanied by: - either the date itself, or - a reference to where the date is given on the labelling. c) The date shall consist of the day, the month and the year, in uncoded form, in this sequence and in the same language as the label.
Amendment 536 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 - paragraph 2
Article 32 - paragraph 2
2. The nutrition declaration may be expressed on a per portion basis alone if the food is prepacked as an individual portionmay in any case only be supplementary to the nutrition declaration given per 100 grams or 100 millilitres.
Amendment 602 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 - paragraph 4
Article 35 - paragraph 4
4. For meat, other than beef and veal, the indication on the country of origin or place of provenance may be given as a single place only where animals have been born, reared and slaughtered in the same country or place. In other cases information on each of the different places of birth, rearing and slaughter shall be given individually.
Amendment 739 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XI – part B a (new)
Annex XI – part B a (new)
Voluntary indication of reference intakes for children (GDAs) on the packaging of food products if these are produced expressly for chldren.