21 Amendments of Kathy SINNOTT related to 2008/0028(COD)
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) To appeal to the average consumer and to serve the informative purpose for which it is introduced, and given the current level of knowledge on the subject of nutrition, the information provided should be simple and easily understood. Research has indicatedshown that consumers find thewant information on four key nutrients in the principal field of view or ‘front of pack’ isas they find this information useful when making purchasing decisions. Therefore, to ensure that consumers can readily see the essential nutrition information when purchasing foods such information should be in the principal field of viewhis limited amount of nutrition information should be mandatory on the front of the pack and should be accompanied by a more complete mandatory nutrition declaration on the back of the labelpack.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) The nutrition declaration in the principal field of view of the amounts of nutritional elements and comparative indicators in an easily recognisable form to enable an assessment of the nutritional properties of a food should be considered in its entirety as part of the nutrition declaration and not be treated as a group of individual claims.
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Food business operators responsible for retail or distribution activities which do not affect food information shall not modify the food information on the package or on the label attached thereto.
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. Food business operators within the business under their control shall ensure that information relating to non-prepacked food shall be transmitted to the operator receiving the food in order to enable, where appropriate, the provision of the mandatory food information specified in Article 9(1) points (a) to (cd), (f) and (fi) to the final consumer.
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the country of origin or place of provenance where failure to indicate this might mislead the consumer to a material degree as to the true country of origin or place of provenance of the food, in particular if the information accompanying the food or the label as a whole would otherwise imply that the food has a different country of origin or place of provenance; in such cases the indication shall be in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 35(3) and (4) and those established in accordance with Article 35(5)the country of origin or place of provenance of foods consisting of a single ingredient and of the significant ingredient and the characterising ingredient(s) in multi-ingredient food products;
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – point (b)
Article 15 – point (b)
Amendment 382 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. In the case of glass bottles intended for reuse which are indelibly marked and which therefore bear no label, ring or collar only the particulars listed in Article 9(1) (a), (b), (c), (ed), (f), (g) and (l) shall be mandatory.
Amendment 440 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. (a) The nutrition declaration shall include the followingin the principle field of vision (hereinafter referred to as ‘mandatoryfront of pack nutrition declarinformation’): (a) energy value; (b) shall include: the amounts of fat, saturates, carbohydrates with specific reference to sugars, and salt. sugars and salt 1. (b) In addition to the nutrients listed as ‘front of pack nutrition information’, the mandatory nutrition declaration on the back of the package (hereinafter referred to as ‘back of pack nutrition declaration’) shall include the amounts of the following: (a) energy value; (b) protein; (c) carbohydrates (e) fibre; (h) trans fats. This paragraph shall not apply to wine as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, beer, and spirits as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No. […] of […] of the European Parliament and the Council on the definitions, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89. The Commission shall produce a report [five years of the entry into force of this Regulation] concerning the application of this paragraph on these products and may accompany this report by specific measures determining the rules for a mandatory nutrition declaration for these products. Those measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, by supplementing it shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 49(3).
Amendment 477 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. The nutrition declaration may also include the amounts of one or more of the following: (a) trans fats; (b) mono-unsaturates; (c(b) polyunsaturates; (dc) polyols; (ed) starch; (f) fibre; (g) protein; (he) any of the minerals or vitamins listed in point 1 of Part A of Annex XI, and present in significant amounts as defined in point 2 of Part A of Annex XI.
Amendment 488 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Conversion factors ofor the vitamins and minerals mentioned in point 1 of Part A of Annex XI, in order to calculate more precisely their content in foods, mayshall be set and included in Annex XII by the Commission. Those measures, designated to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it shall be adopted, in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 49(3).
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. The amount of energy and nutrients referred to in paragraph 1 shall be expressed per 100 g or per 100 ml or,and per portion. If appropriate the amount per portion shall be expressed subject to Article 32(2) and (3), per portion.
Amendment 523 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 4
Article 31 – paragraph 4
4. The declaration of polyols and/or starch and the declaration of type of fatty acids, other than the mandatory declaration of saturates and trans fats referred to in Article 29(1)(b), shall be presented in accordance with Annex XIII Part B.
Amendment 529 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32
Article 32
1. In addition to the nutrition declaration per 100g or per 100ml referred to in Article 31(2), the information mayshall be expressed per portion as quantified on the label, provided thatwith the number of portions contained in the package is stndicated. 23. The nutrition declaration may be expressedion on a per portion basis alone if the food is prepacked as an individual portion. 3. The expression on a per portion basis aloneferred to in paragraph 1 for foods presented in packages containing multiple portions of the food, that have not been prepacked as individual portions, shall be established by the Commission. Those measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it shall be adopted, in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 49(3).
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraphs 1-3
Article 34 – paragraphs 1-3
1. The particulars referred to Article 31(2) related to the mandatory nutrition declaration29 (1)(a) shall be included in the principal field of vision. They shall be presented, where appropriate, together in a clear format in the following order: energysugars, fat, saturates, carbohydrates with specific reference to sugars, and salt. 2. The nutrition declaration in relation to the nutrients referred to in Article 29(1)(b) and 29(2) shall appear together in on, on the back of the placek and, as appropriate, in the order of presentation provided in Part C of Annex XIII. When tThis nutrition declaration does not appear in the principal field of vision, it shall be presented in tabular form, with the numbers aligned if space permits. Where space does not permit, the declaration shall appear in linear form. 3. If the mandatory nutrition declaration appears together with the declaration on nutrients referred to in Article 29(2), the order of presentation of the energy and nutrients included in the declaration shall be, as appropriate, in the order provided in Part C of Annex XIII.
Amendment 587 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter V - Title
Chapter V - Title
Chapter V Chapter V Voluntary Food Information Origin Food Labelling
Amendment 599 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 - paragraph 2
Article 35 - paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to labelling in accordance with specific Community legislation and in addition to the requirements of Article 9(1)(i), paragraphs 3 and 4 shall apply where information on the country of origin or the place of provenance of a food is voluntarily indicated to inform consumers that a food originates or comes from the European Community or a given country orf place.
Amendment 600 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraphs 1-4
Article 35 – paragraphs 1-4
1. Where food information covered by this Regulation is provided on a voluntary basis, such information shall comply with the relevant specific requirements laid down in this Regulation. 2. Without prejudice to labelling in accordance with specific Community legislation, paragraphs 3 and 4 shall apply where indication of the country of origin or the place of provenance of a food is voluntarily indicatedmandatory to inform consumers that a food originates or comes from the European Community (member state) or a given country or place. 3. Where the country of origin or the place of provenance of the food is not the same as the one of its primary ingredient(s), the country of origin or place of provenance of those ingredient(s) shall also be given. 4. ForA primary ingredient shall be an ingredient which constitutes 50% or more of the food. 4. For poultry and meat, other than beef and veal, the indication on the country of origin or place of provenance mayshall be given as a singlthe place only where animals have been born, reared and slaugh/or fatterned, in the same country or place. In other cases information on.e. not the place of breeding, slaughter, processing or packing. Alternatively, each of the different places of birth, rearing and slaughter, breeding, slaughter, processing and packing shall be given.
Amendment 622 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Member States may adopt measures derogating from Article 9(1) and Article 10(2) in the case of milk and milk products, fermented milk and cream, to which no ingredient other than lactic product and micro-organism cultures essential to manufacture, have been added, presented in grlass bottles intended for reuse.