How can you find out what’s in your food? Just look at the information on the package! EU laws on food labelling enable you to know whatyou are eating.
Full details of the ingredients used to make a food product must be given onthe label, along with details of any colouring, preservatives, sweeteners and other chemical additives used. If an ingredient is one to which some consumers may be allergic – for example, nuts – it must be marked on the label even ifthe quantities used are very small.
EU food labelling laws regulate which productscan be called "organic" and the use of names associated with quality products from particular European regions – for example, if it is labelled Prosciutto di Parma you can be sure the ham comes from Parma, if it is labelled Kalamata you can be sure the olives are from Kalamata. EU law also enables you to know if food isgenetically modified (GM) or contains GM ingredients. If it is, then it must be labelled asgenetically modified.
