EU changes egg labelling

Published 2024년 12월 4일

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The European Union has updated its egg labelling regulations, as reported by INPROVO, to provide more transparency for consumers. The updates, which will be implemented in Spain as Royal Decree 1027/2024, will categorize eggs based on the production method, including conditioned cages, free-range, and organically produced. Flavoured eggs will now carry the flavour used in their preparation on the packaging. Fresh eggs must be marked at the production farm for traceability. Eggs from other birds and egg products like boiled eggs and pasteurized egg whites are labeled according to specific regulations, including a maximum supply period of 28 days from laying for other birds' eggs and mandatory food information for egg products.

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The Interprofessional Organisation for Eggs and Egg Products (INPROVO) reports that the European Union (EU) has changed the labelling regulations for eggs to offer greater transparency and improve the information provided to European consumers on the packaging. In November of last year, the EU published the update of the egg marketing regulations, which in Spain will be applied by Royal Decree 1027/2024, published on October 9, which develops the European regulation in Spain and changes the names of some production systems. Eggs are classified according to their production method as: “eggs from hens raised in conditioned cages” (previously “eggs from hens in cages”), eggs from hens free-range in the henhouse” (previously “eggs from hens on the ground”), “eggs from free-range hens” and “organically produced eggs”. In addition, flavoured eggs, which have been on the Spanish market for years, will carry the phrase “flavoured eggs with” on the packaging, followed by the food or ...

Source: Agrodigital