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Slovenia ∙ Changes to Food Legislation

Petra Smolnikar, Nives Slemenjak


On 13 December 2014, Regulation 1169/2011 on the Provision of Food Information to Consumers became directly applicable in Slovenia, repealing previous pieces of legislation such as the Rules on Pre-packaged Foodstuffs and the Rules on Nutritional Labelling of Foodstuffs. The main novelties that food business operators will have to comply with when labelling products include emphasizing allergens in bold or underlined text, indicating nano-ingredients, and using different font sizes. The newly introduced measures are aimed at ensuring that consumers achieve higher levels of health protection and at guaranteeing their right to information. Representing a year of constant changes and adaptations to (new) food law requirements, national authorities also adopted new guidelines for the definition of products that may simultaneously fall within the definition of medicinal products and products that are subject to other regulations for human use (“Guidelines”) in October 2014. These Guidelines shall be observed as (non-binding) guidance in cases of so-called borderline products.

Partner at Schönherr (Schönherr Attorneys-at-law – branch Slovenia).
Associate at Schönherr (Schönherr Attorneys-at-law – branch Slovenia).

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