NEW! 06mar'08 of ... ... THE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH HAS AGREED TO MOVE THE DEADLINE FOR ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE DIRECTIVE TO ALLERGENS December 31, 2010 ORIGINAL NEWS The European Community, to avoid obstacles by Italy (who decided not to issue a decree transpose the Directive on allergens) has amended the regulation concerning the labeling! ... ... Unless you change your mind from June 2009 will need to declare the fact that the wine "contains egg" or "contains milk"
By Brunelli T.
No court labeling for allergens. On
obligation to indicate the presence on wine labeling of allergens from milk and eggs, temporarily suspended until May 31, 2009, the EU Commission, after the IRECTORATES G ENERAL Health of the Commission (DG SANCO) has rejected the possibility a further extension of the deadline and be able to bear the labeling of wine a pictogram on the presence of the allergen, such as portraying the egg or the container of milk, has prepared a new draft regulation, in English, for amend Article 3, paragraph 3 of Regulation 753/02 which should come into force on 1 June 2009.
Unless further thoughts by Commission for the labeling of wines that contain allergenic substances mentioned (and then only if present) at the moment, the following terms have been proposed, which we freely translated into Italian: - for it contains sulfites "sulphites" or " sulfur dioxide "- for dairy products contain" milk "," milk protein "," casein (milk) "or" milk (casein), "- for derivatives containing eggs," eggs "," protein of eggs, "" albumin (egg), "" egg (albumin), "" lysozyme (egg) "or" egg (lysozyme) " depending on the substance used - for the plant proteins contain "wheat", "protein wheat," wheat (gluten) "," gluten (wheat). "
on the use of written languages \u200b\u200bin the above, as for the previous "contains sulphites", you must follow the rules set by individual members (ENO source e-mail Italian Confederation of Vine and Wine)
LABELLING
was added the new Regulation art. 49 allergens on "Application of certain horizontal rules," which cites: "In the event that one or more items listed in Annex IIIa to Directive 2000/13/EC are present in wine (or more precisely: in the products set out. IV to the EC Reg No 479/2008), they must be indicated on the label, preceded by the word "contains".
There is, indeed, a draft regulation to amend Art. 3, par. 3 of Reg (EC) No 753/2002 marks as a deadline to waive this requirement May 31, 2009. Therefore, all the wines to the market places or labeled after that date, containing sulfites, milk, eggs and cereals must be clearly indicated on the label.
Except for sulphites (only if the limit is greater than 10 mg / l), for other allergens is no limit and they must be given however, if they were used in the production, even if one assumes there are no traces insignificant.
The possibility of postponement for the entry into force of new regulation is minimal, given the determination of the Commission's DG SANCO and whereas Directive 2000/13/EC had already established extensive time trial (2 years).
There is the political commitment of most producing countries to obtain a court, bearing in mind that: 1) OIV ongoing studies could demonstrate, by the end of 2009, non-hazardous to the health of such allergens
2) does not exist time analysis methods that can accurately determine the presence of these allergens in wine
3) the court would be more appropriate, considering also that the new rules for the labeling of wine will come into force from August 1, 2009. (By FederDoc 01/26/2009)
