National agencies allow flexibility because of Ukraine-related supply issues

National authorities have issued a range of guidance because of the conflict in Ukraine affecting the food supply chain. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) said it was aware that businesses may be having difficulties with the supply of some foods such as sunflower oil and other raw materials plus ingredients used to produce certain foods. The EU requires the type of oil used in products to be indicated. The crisis in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia and Belarus, is resulting in food companies having to omit or substitute certain ingredients or change the manufacturing process or recipe, at short notice. Regulatory agency guidance A need to quickly switch ingredients could mean firms may not be able to comply with EU food labelling rules in regulation 1169/2011, and the requirements on the list of ingredients, nutrition declaration or country-of-origin indications. FSAI is allowing use of additional stickers or inkjet printing to be put over existing food labels. Guidance ...