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Voit/Grube, Lebensmittelinformationsverordnung - LMIV, 2. Auflage
- C. Anhang
  - II.
    - II.1. Questions and Answers on the application of the Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to Consumers
      - 3 Nutrition declaration
        
        3.1 Do the rules on nutrition declaration laid down in the FIC Regulation apply to all foods? (Article 29)
        
        3.2 What has to be declared? (Articles 13, 30, 32, 34 and 44 Annexes IV and XV)
        
        3.3 What is the reference quantity for the nutrition declaration? (Articles 32, 33, Annex XV)
        
        3.4 Can other forms of expression be used? (Article 35)
        
        3.5 What are the exemptions? (Articles 16(4) and 44(1)(b), Annex V)
        
        3.6 What other nutrients can be declared? (Articles 30(2), 32, 33 and 34, Annex XV)
        
        3.7 Which vitamins and minerals can be labelled? What are the conditions relating to minimum quantity in the product? What unit should be used for the declaration? (Articles 30(2), 32(2) and (3), and 33(1), Annex XIII)
        
        3.8 How can the nutrient content of a food be determined? (Article 31(4))
        
        3.9 How can the energy value of a food be determined? (Article 31(1), Annex XIV)
        
        3.10 Should the nutrient content for the food be declared ‘as prepared’ or ‘as sold’? (Article 31(3))
        
        3.11 When can the statement indicating that the salt content is exclusively due to the presence of naturally occurring sodium be used? (Article 30(1))
        
        3.12 Can energy value be provided only in kcal where nutrition information is voluntarily repeated in the principal field of vision? (Article 32(1), Annex XV)
        
        3.13 Is it possible to label the content of components of voluntary nutrients e. g. ‘omega 3 fatty acids’, as components of polyunsaturates? (Article 30)
        
        3.14 The amount of the nutrient or other substance for which a nutrition or a health claim has been made must also be declared. Can it be part of the nutrition declaration? (Articles 30 and 49)
        
        3.15 Where a product contains negligible amount(s) of nutrient(s) for which mandatory labelling is required or has a negligible energy value, is it necessary to include such nutrients or energy value in the nutrition table? (Article 34(5))
        
        3.16 What nutrition information can be repeated on the package? (Articles 30(3), 32(2) and 33)
        
        3.17 When the repeated nutrition information in the principal field of vision (‘front of pack’) is expressed as a percentage of the reference intakes, does this information also need to appear in the mandatory nutrition declaration (‘back of pack’)? (Articles 30(3), 32(4) and 33, Annex XIII)
        
        3.18 Can the acronym RI be used? (Articles 32 and 33)
        
        3.19 Can the acronym GDA be used? (Articles 32 and 33)
        
        3.20 Should the additional statement: ‘Reference intake of an average adult (8 400 kJ/2 000 kcal)’ be indicated in close proximity of each nutrition declaration? (Articles 32 and 33)
        
        3.21 The reference intakes for energy and nutrients are established for adults. Can the energy value and the amounts of nutrients be expressed voluntarily as a percentage of reference intakes for children, instead of or in addition to percentages of reference intakes for adults? (Articles 32(4), 36(3) and 43, Annex XIII)
        
        3.22 What is a consumption unit? Can pictograms be used to define a portion? Can the symbol  or ~ meaning ‘approximately equal to’ be used to indicate the number of portion in a package? (Article 33)
        
        3.23 Can icons alone be used to symbolise nutrients and/or energy instead of words? (Article 34, Annex XV)
        
        3.24 Where products are destined for sale in more than one country can nutrition declarations in the format required by the US and Canada be provided in addition to the nutrition declaration which meets requirements of the FIC Regulation? (Articles 30 and 34, Annexes XIV and XV)
        
        3.25 The amount of ‘salt’ declared in the mandatory nutrition panel will be calculated using the formula: salt = sodium × 2.5. Must all sodium originating from any ingredient, e. g., sodium saccharin, sodium ascorbate etc. be included in this calculation?
        
        3.26 When do the new rules on nutrition labelling apply? (Articles 49, 50, 54 and 55)
        
        3.27 Can operators adapt their labels to the new nutrition labeling rules before 13 December 2014? Would it be possible to opt for a partial adoption to the new rules on nutrition labelling or would adopting one of the provisions require compliance with all of the new provisions? (Articles 54 and 55)

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3.22 What is a consumption unit? Can pictograms be used to define a portion? Can the symbol  or ~ meaning ‘approximately equal to’ be used to indicate the number of portion in a package? (Article 33)
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