Legislation Versus ‘Self-regulation’: An Alternative for Indicating the Origin of Milk?

Since its entry into force, the interpretation of Regulation No 1169/2011 has not been easy, which is why the European Commission has had to publish, in addition to the Notice we have already mentioned, the following documents: 31 January 2013: [...]I will deal with the content of the interesting proposal for the ‘self-regulation’ of the labelling of the origin of milk and milk products published in March 2018 by the European Dairy Association (EDA). [...]the Directive maintained the principle that it was mandatory to indicate on the label the place of origin or provenance in the cases where failure to give such particulars might mislead the consumer to a material degree as to the true origin or provenance of the foodstuff. According to the general approach, if a food business operator decides to voluntarily label the origin of a product, the primary ingredient (for example, milk and/or milk ingredient) should come from the same Member State or region.