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Consumer Milk Labelling Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Regulation
Date
1974 (2017)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 63, 21 June 1974, pp. 1301-1304.
Long title
Ordinance on labelling heat-treated consumer milk.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Milk/dairy products Food quality control/food safety Packaging/labelling Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Entry into force notes
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its promulgation.
Abstract

The present Ordinance lays down provisions relating to the labelling of milk destined for human consumption. Article 2 lists the labelling requirements and establishes that milk may not be marketed unless it is labelling complies with the provisions of the present Ordinance. The text consists of 5 articles as follows: Sphere of application (1); General labelling requirements (2); Special labelling requirements (3); Administrative Offences (4); Entry into force, transitional provisions (5).

Full text
German
Website
www.bgbl.de

References - Legislation

Implements

Council Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation).

Legislation | European Union | 2007

Keyword: Agricultural commodities, Cereals/grains/rice, Oils/oilseeds/fats, Sugar, Fruits/edible nuts, Vegetables/legumes, Viticulture/oenological practices, Meat, Milk/dairy products, Poultry products, Apiculture/sericulture, Sheep/goats, Swine, Internal trade, International trade, Subsidy/incentive, Food security, Non-governmental entity, Business/industry/corporations, Animal production, Textile plants/fibres, Tobacco, Floriculture, Crops/grasses

Source: FAO, FAOLEX