Decree of the Ministry of Trade and Industry relative to nutritional value declarations for foodstuffs (No. 1496 of 1993).

Country/Territory: Finland
Document type: Regulation
Date: 1993
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Original source: Finlands Författningssamling, No. 1494-1499 of 1993, pp. 3969-3973.

Subject: Food & nutrition
Keyword: Food quality control/food safety Packaging/labelling Standards
Geographical area: Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes: This Decree enters into force on 1 January 1994.

Abstract: This Decree concerns the indication of nutritional values of foodstuffs which are intended for sale to individual consumers and to large scale consumers (No. 1496 of 1993). The declaration concerns energy values and indications on proteins, carbo-hydrates, fibres, vitamins and other ingredients listed in section 2. The declaration shall contain the various types of information as specified in sections 6 to 11 and the Attachment. As far as labelling is concerned provisions of section 14 of the Regulation on labelling (No. 795/91) shall also apply (sect. 14). (16 sections completed by an Attachment)
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