抄録
The legal framework for the use of flavourings in Europe, being the EU Flavouring Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 was published and entered into force ten years ago.
After ten years it is appropriate to reflect back on the general provisions of this regulation and also focus on some specific aspects, in particular labelling provisions. The paper will focus on Business-to-Business requirements when flavourings are sold to food producers (customers) from two main perspectives. The business-to-business (B2B) labelling of natural flavourings will be addressed with some specific examples. In addition the paper will also elaborate on the requirements to inform customers about the presence of certain “restricted substances”, i.e. substances that occur naturally in source materials for flavourings and food ingredients with flavouring properties, but whose presence in certain foods is restricted and/or for which maximum levels are set.
It will further provide some elements from EFFA's Guidance Document on these labelling requirements.
