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2016 | 1 (18) | 23-32

Article title

Legal aspects of labelling of gluten-free products

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IT
L’etichettatura dei prodotti senza glutine: aspetti giuridici

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On 20 July 2016 a new Regulation (EU) No 828/2014 entered into force, regulating the provision to consumers of information on the absence or reduced presence of gluten in food. In this paper an attempt is made to assess the extent to which the safety of gluten-free foodstuffs has been ensured under the new regulation. It is proposed that the basic legal requirements governing the possibility of indicating products as gluten-free or containing a reduced amount of gluten have not changed much. The new provisions will apply mainly to unpacked products that are served in restaurants, for example, and will provide for the way of explaining to consumers who are intolerant to gluten the differences between products that are naturally free of gluten and products that are specially designated as gluten-free. It is also noted that a certificate verifying the ab-sence of gluten in products designated as gluten-free is not required.
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Il 20 luglio 2016 è entrato in vigore il regolamento n. 828/2014 che disciplina il modo in cui i consumatori vengono informati sull’assenza di glutine o sulla sua presenza in misura ridotta negli alimenti. L’obiettivo delle considerazioni è di valutare in quale misura il legislatore garantisce la sicurezza dei prodotti alimentari definiti senza glutine. Secondo l’autrice il regolamento menzionato non modifica requisiti giuridici essenziali relativi alla possibilità di applicare un’etichettatura che identifichi prodotti senza glutine oppure prodotti con contenuto di glutine molto basso. Il nuovo regolamento troverà ap-plicazione per prodotti senza confezione, p.es. quelli serviti nei ristoranti, finora in base alla normativa in vigore. Le nuove regolazioni consentiranno di spiegare ai consumatori intolleranti al glutine la differenza tra prodotti che sono naturalmente privi di glutine e quelli a loro destinati in quanto privi di glutine. L’autrice inoltre rileva che il legislatore ha omesso di richiedere che dai prodotti indicati come senza glutine venga confermata la verifica, al fine di garantire la sicurezza ai consumatori.

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23-32

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