Sebastián Romero Melchor, Sara Aparicio Hill

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 9 (2014), Issue 6, Page 414 - 415

The Spanish Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality has issued a draft proposal to develop the information that needs to be made available to consumers fornonpre-packedfood(the “RoyalDecree”). Pursuant to Article 44(2) of Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers1 (hereinafter, the “FIC”),Member Statesmay adopt nationalmeasures concerning the means through which the following particulars or elements of those are to bemade available and, where appropriate, their form of expression and presentation: (i) any ingredient or processing aid listed in the FIC derived from a substance or product causing allergies or intolerances; and (ii) the mandatory nature ofmandatory particulars and other mandatory particulars for certain categories of food.

Sebastián Romero Melchor, Sara Aparicio Hill

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 9 (2014), Issue 6, Page 416 - 416

The Spanish Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality has issued a draft proposal adopting the list of processing aids authorised for the production of edible vegetable oils and their identification and purity criteria (the “Royal Decree”).When enacted, the Royal Decree will result in the amendment of Royal Decree 308/1983 of the 25th of January, adopting the technical andhealthstandardfor ediblevegetableoils.

Sebastián Romero Melchor, Sara Aparicio Hill

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 9 (2014), Issue 5, Page 326 - 327

The Spanish advertising self-regulation body (hereinafter, “AUTOCONTROL”) has issued around 20 decisions in the field of food and drink advertising during the first half of 2014. We have summarised some key points from those decisions regarding health and nutrition claims in the sense of Regulation 1924/20061 (hereinafter, “Regulation 1924/2006”), which are relevant for providers advertising their food products in Spain:

Sebastián Romero Melchor, Sara Aparicio Hill

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 9 (2014), Issue 3, Page 199

On March 27, 2014 Royal Decree 164/2014 of March 14, establishing complementary standards on the production, description, presentation and labelling of certain spirit drinks1 (the “Royal Decree”) entered into force. The Royal Decree provides a single legislative framework that applies to the national territory as awhole.

Sebastián Romero Melchor, Sara Aparicio Hill

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 9 (2014), Issue 3, Page 200

The National Consumer Institute and the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition have been merged into anewautonomous body called the Spanish Agency for Consumers, Food Safety and Nutrition by Royal Decree 19/20141 (hereinafter, the “RoyalDecree”).

Sebastián Romero Melchor, Sara Aparicio Hill

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 9 (2014), Issue 3, Page 201 - 201

If you have clients operating in Norway, please be aware that the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) has for the first time decided to conduct a survey to verify compliance with Regulation 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods.