Prior to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutritional and health claims (the ‘NHCR’), the European Commission conducted consultations with the Member States and stakeholders, the outcome of which was taken into consideration in the European Commission (2001) Discussion paper on nu...
Marketing standards have been a feature of agricultural and food product quality policy in the overall framework of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) since its early days. EU marketing standards have usually been defined by sectors or products; they serve the purpose of taking into account th...
Marketing standards have been a feature of the CAP since its early days, with a view to taking into account the expectations of consumers and to contributing to the improvement of the economic conditions for the production and marketing of agricultural products, as well as to the improvement of ...
This study is an update and expansion of a previous study: “Value of production of agricultural products and foodstuffs, wines, aromatised wines and spirits protected by a geographical indication (GI)” (Tender N° AGRI–2011–EVAL–04) performed in 2012 for the Directorate-General for Agriculture an...
La direction générale de la santé et de la sécurité alimentaire de la Commission européenne, et en particulier sa direction «Audits et analyse dans les domaines de la santé et de l’alimentation», mène des activités de contrôle afin de s’assurer de la bonne application et du respect de la législa...
Olive oil is considered as a food category at high risk of non-compliances and frauds, due to its high economic value compared to other food products. Conformity checks performed by national competent authorities aim at ensuring that marketing standards for olive oils are complied with on the EU...
L’huile d'olive, notamment l’huile d’olive extra-vierge, est considérée comme une catégorie alimentaire, exposée à un risque élevé de non-conformité et de fraude, en raison de sa valeur économique élevée par rapport à d’autres produits alimentaires. Les contrôles de conformité sont l’outil essen...
