EU Food Laws: Subject Listing

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This Page contains a listing of those EU legal documents relevant to food. They have been classified into major subject areas. Where a link is provided, this is usually to a pdf version of the document on the Europa website. IT WILL NOT BE COMPLETE AND SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS A DEFINITIVE LIST OF ALL LAWS AND AMENDMENTS.

The following are the subject areas used in the table below:

General Food Law
Official Control
Food Labelling
Food Additives and Flavourings
Food Hygiene
Veterinary Related Trade Issues
Food Contact Materials
Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (PARNUTS)
Compositional Standards
Contaminants
Novel Foods
GMOs
Miscellaneous foods and processes
Wines, alcoholic drinks, etc
Foodstuffs with special characteristics
BSE and related controls
Control of zoonoses
Miscellaneous animal health issues
Miscellaneous

General Food Law
General principles and requirements of food law	Regulation 178/2002	Amended by: Regulation 1642/2003 Regulation 575/2006
Rapid Alert System - Crisis Management Plan	Decision 2004/478
Official Controls
Official controls - food and feed law	Regulation 882/2004	Applies from 1 January 2006. Repeals Directives 70/373, 85/591, 89/397, 93/99 and 95/53 and Decisions 93/383, 98/728 and 1999/313 with effect from 1 January 2006 and Directive 85/73 from 1 Janaury 2008. Implementing rules remain in force until replaced.
Veterinary checks - Intra-Community trade	Directive 89/662
Veterinary checks - Third countries	Directive 97/88
Conditions - introduction of milk and milk-based products - third countries - listing	Decision 2004/438	Repealed Decisions 95/340, 95/342 and 95/343
Food Labelling	(see also Food Labelling in the European Union)
General Labelling	Directive 2000/13	Corrected by Corrigendum Amended by: Directive 2001/101, Directive 2003/89
Derogations	Directive 99/10
Quinine / caffeine	Directive 2002/67
Additional requirements: - packaging gas / sweeteners / liquorice	Directive 94/54	Amended by: Directive 96/21 Directive 2004/77
Labelling - products with phytosterol esters, etc	Directive 608/2004
Labelling - Exemptions to allergen rules	Directive 2005/26	Amended by: Directive 2005/63/EC
Nutrition labelling	Directive 90/496	Amended by: Directive 2003/120
Lot marking	Directive 89/396
Beef labelling	Regulation 1825/2000
Beef labelling - detailed rules	Regulation 1825/2000	Corrigendum to Regulation 275/2007
Food Additives and Flavourings	(see also Food Additives in the European Union)
General control - framework	Directive 89/107	Amended by: Directive 94/34
General controls - national derogations	Decision 292/97
Sweeteners	Directive 94/35	Amended by: Directive 96/83, Regulation 1882/2003, Directive 2003/115 Directive 2004/115
Sweeteners - Purity criteria	Directive 95/31	Amended by: Directive 98/66, Directive 2001/52 Directive 2004/46
Colours	Directive 94/36
Colours - Purity criteria	Directive 95/45	Amended by: Directive 1999/75 Directive 2001/50 (Corrigendum to 2001/50) Directive 2004/47
Additives other than colours and sweeteners	Directive 95/2	Amended by: Directive 96/85 Directive 98/72 Directive 2001/5 Directive 2003/52 Directive 2003/114
Additives other than colours and sweeteners - Purity criteria	Directive 96/77	Amended by: Directive 98/86, Directive 2000/63, Directive 2001/30, Directive 2003/95 Directive 2004/45
Additives - jelly mini-caps - suspension	Decision 2004/374
Flavourings	Directive 88/388	Completed by: Directive 91/71
Flavourings - Smoke flavourings	Regulation 2065/2003
Flavourings - Community procedure	Regulation 2232/96	Amended by: Decision 1999/217
Flavourings - Register	Decision 1999/217	Amended by: Decision 2000/489 Decision 2002/113 Decision 2004/357
Flavourings - Inventory of source materials	Decision 88/389
Flavourings - Evaluation programme	Regulation 1565/2000
Flavourings - Deadlines for submission of data	Regulation 622/2002
Food Hygiene
Hygiene of foodstuffs	Regulation 852/2004	Applies from 1 January 2006
Hygiene rules for foods of animal origin	Regulation 853/2004	Applies from 1 January 2006
Official controls - products of animal origin - human consumption	Regulation 854/2004	Applies from 1 January 2006 Amended by: Regulation 882/2004
Animal health rules - products of animal origin	Directive 2002/99	Applies from 1 January 2005
Foodstuffs	Directive 93/43	To be replaced on 1 January 2006. Repealed by Regulation 852/2004. Any microbiological criteria will continue to apply pending their replacement.
Fresh meat	Directive 64/433	Repealed with effect from 1 January 2006 by Directive 2004/41.Any microbiological criteria will continue to apply pending their replacement.
Poultry meat	Directive 71/118	Repealed with effect from 1 January 2006 by Directive 2004/41. Any microbiological criteria will continue to apply pending their replacement.
Fresh meat - animal health rules	Directive 72/461	Repealed with effect from 1 January 2006 by Directive 2004/41. Any microbiological criteria will continue to apply pending their replacement.
Fresh meat - animal health rules - imports	Directive 72/462	Being replaced by Directive 2002/99 for animal health rules but, for public health, the new Regulation will apply.
Trichina examination	Directive 77/96	Repealed with effect from 1 January 2006 by Directive 2004/41. Any microbiological criteria will continue to apply pending their replacement.
Meat products	Directive 77/99	Repealed with effect from 1 January 2006 by Directive 2004/41. Any microbiological criteria will continue to apply pending their replacement.
Meat products - intra-Community trade	Directive 80/21	Repealed with effect from 1 January 2006 by Directive 2004/41. Any microbiological criteria will continue to apply pending their replacement.
Milk production holdings	Directive 89/362	Repealed with effect from 1 January 2006 by Directive 2004/41. Any microbiological criteria will continue to apply pending their replacement.
Egg products	Directive 89/437	Repealed with effect from 1 January 2006 by Directive 2004/41. Any microbiological criteria will continue to apply pending their replacement.
Live bivalve mollucs	Directive 91/492	Repealed with effect from 1 January 2006 by Directive 2004/41. Any microbiological criteria will continue to apply pending their replacement.
Live bivalve mollucs - marine biotoxins - maximum levels and analysis - detailed rules	Decision 2002/225
Live bivalve mollucs -marine biotoxins - amnesic shellfish poison - health checks	Decision 2002/226
Live molluscs - certification for imports	Decision 2003/804	Amended by: Decision 2004/623
Fishery products	Directive 91/493	Repealed with effect from 1 January 2006 by Directive 2004/41. Any microbiological criteria will continue to apply pending their replacement.
Poultry meat - animal health rules	Directive 91/494	Repealed with effect from 1 January 2006 by Directive 2004/41. Any microbiological criteria will continue to apply pending their replacement.
Rabbit meat and farmed game meat	Directive 91/495	Repealed with effect from 1 January 2006 by Directive 2004/41. Any microbiological criteria will continue to apply pending their replacement.
Game meat	Directive 92/45	Repealed with effect from 1 January 2006 by Directive 2004/41. Any microbiological criteria will continue to apply pending their replacement.
Milk and milk products	Directive 92/46	Repealed with effect from 1 January 2006 by Directive 2004/41. Any microbiological criteria will continue to apply pending their replacement.
Fishing vessels	Directive 92/48	Repealed with effect from 1 January 2006 by Directive 2004/41. Any microbiological criteria will continue to apply pending their replacement.
Mince meat and meat preparations	Directive 94/65	Repealed with effect from 1 January 2006 by Directive 2004/41. Any microbiological criteria will continue to apply pending their replacement.
Checks on hygiene by operators	Decision 2001/471	Amended by: Decision 2004/379
Microbiological criteria - cooked crustaceans and molluscan shellfish	Decision 93/51
Collagen	Directive 92/118	Amended by: … Decision 2003/42 Decision 2003/72
Veterinary Related Trade Issues
Border Inspection Posts - list	Decision 2001/881	Amended by: … Decision 2003/506 Decision 2004/273 Decision 2004/408 Decision 2004/469 Decision 2004/517 Decision 2004/608
Border Inspection Posts - list of products for examination	Decision 2002/349
Border Inspection Posts - ANIMO computer network	Decision 2002/459	Amended by: … Decision 2003/506 Decision 2004/408
Border Inspection Posts - veterinary checks - procedures	Regulation 136/2004
Food Contact Materials
Contact materials - framework (including symbol)	Regulation 1935/2004	Replaced Directive 89/109 from 3 Dec 2004
*Contact materials - symbol*	Directive 80/590	Repealed by Regulation 1935/2004 from 3 Dec 2004
Ceramics	Directive 84/500
Regenerated cellulose film	Directive 2007/42
Plastics	Directive 2002/72 Consolidated Directive 90/128 and seven amendments	Amended by: Directive 2004/19
Plastics - vinyl chloride	Directive 78/142
Plastics - vinyl chloride - analysis in contact material	Directive 80/766
Plastics - vinyl chloride - analysis in foods	Directive 81/432
N-nitrosomines - rubber teats	Directive 93/11
Epoxy derivatives	Directive 2002/16	Amended by: Directive 2004/13
Migration limits	Directive 82/711	Amended by: Directive 93/8 Directive 97/48
Migration limits - simulants Directive 85/572
Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (PARNUTS)
Foods for particular nutritional uses - framework	Directive 89/398	Amended by: Directive 96/84 Directive 1999/41 (check all these)
Food supplements	Directive 2002/46
Addition of vitamins and minerals	Directive 2001/15 Temporary derogation introduced by: Directive 2004/6	Amended by Directive 2004/5
Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	Directive 91/321	Amended by Directive 96/4 Directive 2003/14
Infant formulae and follow-on formulae - exports to third countries	Directive 92/52 Supplemented by: Resolution 18 June 1992
Infant formulae and follow-on formulae - pesticide residues	Directive 1999/50 Extended by: Directive 2003/14
Processed cereal-based foods and other baby foods	Directive 96/5	Amended by: Directive 98/36 Directive 2003/13
Processed cereal-based foods and other baby foods - pesticide residues	Directive 99/39 Extended by: Directive 2003/13
Food for weight reduction	Directive 96/8
Food for special medical purposes	Directive 1999/21
Compositional Standards
Preserved milks	Directive 2001/114
Honey	Directive 2001/110
Jam and similar products	Directive 2001/113	Amended by: Directive 2004/84
Chocolate and cocoa
Fruit juices and nectars	Directive 2001/112
Caseins and caseinates
Sugars	Directive 2001/111
Coffee
Spreadable fats
Natural mineral waters - marketing and exploitation	Directive 80/777	Amended by: Directive 96/70
Natural mineral waters - constituents and labelling / ozone treatment	Directive 2003/40
Olive oil	Regulation 1019/2002	Amended by: … Regulation 1964/2002 Regulation 1176/2003 Regulation 1750/2004
Olive oil - characteristics and analysis	Regulation 2569/91	Amended by: … Regulation 1989/2003
Eggs - marketing standards	Regulation 1907/90	Amended by: … Regulation 2052/2003
Eggs - marketing standards - detailed rules	Regulation 2295/2003	Amended by: Regulation 1515/2004
Preserved sardines - marketing standards	Regulation 2136/89	Amended by: … Regulation 1181/2003
Food Contaminants
Contaminants - Basic principles	Regulation 315/93
Contaminants - Specific limits -aflatoxin, metals, …	Regulations 466/2001	Amended by: Regulation 563/2002 nitrate in lettuce and spinach Regulation 257/2002 aflatoxins in nuts, etc Regulation 221/2002 heavy metals (lead, cadmium, mercry) ? 3-MCPD Regulation 2357/2001dioxins Regulation 472/2002Ochratoxin Regulation 1425/2003Patulin Regulation 2174/2003aflatoxins Regulation 242/2004 inorganic tin Regulation 455/2004 patulin Regulation 655/2004 nitrates in infant foods Regulation 683/2004 aflatoxin/ochratoxin in infant foods Regulation 684/2004 dioxins
Contaminants - Sampling and analysis - aflatoxin	Directive 98/53	Amended by: Directive 2002/27 Directive 2003/121 Directive 2004/43
Contaminants - Sampling and analysis - heavy metal/3-MCPD	Directive 2001/22
Contaminants - Sampling and analysis - dioxin	Directive 2002/69	Amended by: Directive 2004/44
Contaminants - Dioxins - Feedingstuffs	Directive 2002/70
Contaminants - Sampling and analysis - ochratoxin A	Directive 2002/26	Amended by: Directive 2004/43
Contaminants - Sampling and analysis - patulin	Directive 2003/78
Contaminants - Sampling and analysis - tin in canned foods	Directive 2004/16
Contaiminants - Special conditions - aflatoxin	Decision 2006/504	Amended by: Decision 2007/459
Pesticides 1	Directive 76/895	Amended by: … Directive 2002/66 Directive 2002/71 Directive 2002/79 Directive 2003/60 Directive 2003/118
Pesticides 2	Directive 86/362	Amended by: … Directive 2002/23 Directive 2002/42 Directive 2002/66 Directive 2002/71 Directive 2002/76 Directive 2002/79 Directive 2002/97 Directive 2003/60 Directive 2003/62 Directive 2003/113 Directive 2003/118 Directive 2004/2 Directive 2004/61
Pesticides 3	Directive 86/363	Amended by: … Directive 2002/23 Directive 2002/42 Directive 2002/66 Directive 2002/71 Directive 2002/79 Directive 2002/97 Directive 2003/60 Directive 2003/113 Directive 2003/118 Directive 2004/2 Directive 2004/61
Pesticides 4	Directive 90/642	Amended by: … Directive 2002/23 Directive 2002/42 Directive 2002/66 Directive 2002/71 Directive 2002/76 Directive 2002/79 Directive 2002/97 Directive 2002/100 Directive 2003/60 Directive 2003/62 Directive 2003/69 Directive 2003/113 Directive 2003/118 Directive 2004/2 Directive 2004/59 Directive 2004/61
Pesticide residues - methods of sampling	Directive 2002/63 Note: repealed Directive 79/700
Residues - veterinary medicinal products	Regulation 2377/90	Amended by: … Regulation 77/2002 Regulation 868/2002 Regulation 869/2002 Regulation 1181/2002 Regulation 1530/2002 Regulation 1752/2002 Regulation 1937/2002 Regulation 61/2003 Regulation 544/2003 Regulation 665/2003 Regulation 739/2003 Regulation 1029/2003 Regulation 1490/2003 Regulation 2011/2003 Regulation 2145/2003 Regulation 324/2004 Regulation 546/2004 Regulation 1101/2004 (Corrigendum) Regulation 1646/2004 Regulation 1851/2004 Regulation 1875/2004
Residues - [related controls?]	Directive 2001/82	Amended by: Directive 2004/28
Residues - minimum required performance limits	Decision 202/657	Amended by: Decision 2003/181 Decision 2004/25
Residues - third country monitoring plans	Decision 2004/432	Amended by: Decision 2004/685
Hormones in meat
Erucic acid content - fats and oils
Marine biotoxins - maximum levels and analysis	Directive 91/492
Radionucleotide contamination
Novel Foods
Novel foods and novel food ingredients	Regulation 258/97	Amended by:
Novel foods - authorisations…	… Decision 2002/150 Decision 2003/426 Decision 2003/427 Decision 2003/867 Decision 2004/333 Decision 2004/334 Decision 2004/335 Decision 2004/336	… 2002/150 - coagulated potato proteins 2003/426 - noni juice 2003/427 - oil rich in DHA 2003/867 - salatrims 2004/333 - phytosterols in certain products 2004/334 - phytosterols in certain products 2004/335 - phytosterols in certain products 2004/336 - phytosterols in certain products
GMOs (food aspects)
GMOs - deliberate release	Regulation 2001/18	Amended by: Regulation 1830/2003
GMOs - deliberate release - authorisations	Decision 2004/643	2004/643 - Maize NK603
GMOs - deliberate release - guidance notes - Annex II	Decision 2002/623
GMOs - deliberate release - guidance notes - Annex VII	Decision 2002/811
GMOs - deliberate release - summary information format - placing on market	Decision 2002/812
GMOs - deliberate release - summary information format - other than placing on market	Decision 2002/813
GMOs - transboundary movements	Regulation 1946/2003
GMOs - registers - detailed arrangements	Decision 2004/204
Genetically modified food and feed	Regulation 1829/2003
Genetically modified food and feed - detailed rules	Regulation 641/2004
GMOa - traceability and labelling	Regulation 1830/2003
GMOs - unique identifiers	Regulation 65/2004
Miscellaneous Foods
Quick frozen foodstuffs
Organic foods	Regulation 2092/91 Regulation 834/2007 : This will replace 2092/91 and will apply from 1 January 2009	Amended numerous times
Organic foods - detailed rules	Regulation 1788/2001	Amended by: Regulation 1918/2002 Regulation 746/2004?
Organic foods - detailed rules - third countries	Regulation 2144/2003 Regulation 746/2004?
Irradiated foods - approval and labelling	Directive 1999/2	Amended by: Regulation 1882/2003
Irradiated foods - list of foods	Directive 1999/3
Irradiated foods - third country approvals	Decision 2002/840	Amended by: Decision 2004/691/EC
Extraction solvents	Directive 88/334
Wines, Alcoholic Drinks, etc
Spirit drinks
Spirit drinks - analysis	Regulation 2870/2000	Amended by: Regulation 2091/2002
Aromatised wines/wine-based drinks/wine-product cocktails	Regulation 1601/91
Certain wine sector products - description, etc	Regulation 1493/1999
Certain wine sector products - description, etc - rules	Regulation 753/2002	Amended by: Regulation 1429/2004
Foodstuffs with Special Characteristics
Certificates of special character	Regulation 2082/92
Certificates of special character - special rules	Regulation 1848/93	Amended by: … Regulation 296/2004
Certificates of special character - register	Regulation 2301/97	Amended by: … Regulation 244/2002 Regulation 688/2002 Regulation 1285/2002 Regulation 317/2003 Regulation 223/2004
Protected geographical indications and designations of origin	Regulation 2081/92	Amended by: … Regulation 692/2003 Supported by: … Regulation 1842/2004
Protected geographical indications and designations of origin - register	Regulation 1107/96	Amended by: … Regulation 828/2003 Regulation 1204/2003 Regulation 1571/2003 Regulation 464/2004 Regulations 526/2004 Regulation 1215/2004 Regulation 1345/2004 Regulation 1902/2004 Regulation 2400/96 Amended by: … Regulation 245/2002 Regulation 538/2002 Regulation 564/2002 Regulation 905/2002 Regulation 1097/2002 Regulation 1241/2002 Regulation 1495/2002 Regulation 2066/2002 Regulation 492/2003 Regulation 617/2003 Regulation 1257/2003 Regulation 1291/2003 Regulation 1298/2003 Regulation 1428/2003 Regulation 1491/2003 Regulation 1979/2003 Regulation 2054/2003 Regulation 2206/2003 Regulation 2275/2003 Regulation 135/2004 Regulation 297/2004 Regulation 387/2004 Regulation 465/2004 Regulation 637/2004 Regulation 738/2004 Regulation 1165/2004 (Corrigendum) Regulation 1258/2004 Regulation 1437/2004 Regulation 1483/2004 Regulation 1485/2004 Regulation 1486/2004 Regulation 1845/2004 Regulation 1856/2004 Regulation 1897/2004 Regulation 1988/2004 Regulation 868/2007 - Miel de Galicia or Mel de Galicia (PGI)
BSE and Related Controls
TSE Regulation	Regulation 999/2001	Amended by: Regulation 1234/2003
Animal by-products not for human consumption	Regulation 1774/2002	Amended by: Regulation 808/2003
Control of Zoonoses
Control of salmonella and other zoonotic agents	Regulation 2160/2003
Monitoring of zoonoses	Directive 2003/99
Miscellaneous Animal Health Issues
Animal health and public health - certain products	Directive 92/118	Amended by … Decision 2003/42 Directive 2004/41 Annex II is deleted by Directive 2004/41 removing listing relevant to public health. Any microbiological criteria in Annex II will continue to apply pending their replacement
Former foodstuffs - collection, transport and disposal	Regulation 813/2003
Products of animal origin - personal consumption	Regulation 745/2002
Miscellaneous
General Product Safety	Directive 2001/95

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