Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Article 5 U.K.

1. The name under which a foodstuff is sold shall be the name provided for in the Community provisions applicable to it.

(a) In the absence of Community provisions, the name under which a product is sold shall be the name provided for in the laws, regulations and administrative provisions applicable in the Member State in which the product is sold to the final consumer or to mass caterers.

Failing this, the name under which a product is sold shall be the name customary in the Member State in which it is sold to the final consumer or to mass caterers, or a description of the foodstuff, and if necessary of its use, which is clear enough to let the purchaser know its true nature and distinguish it from other products with which it might be confused.

(b) The use in the Member State of marketing of the sales name under which the product is legally manufactured and marketed in the Member State of production shall also be allowed.

However, where the application of the other provisions of this Directive, in particular those set out in Article 3, would not enable consumers in the Member State of marketing to know the true nature of the foodstuff and to distinguish it from foodstuffs with which they could confuse it, the sales name shall be accompanied by other descriptive information which shall appear in proximity to the sales name.

(c) In exceptional cases, the sales name of the Member State of production shall not be used in the Member State of marketing when the foodstuff which it designates is so different, as regards its composition or manufacture, from the foodstuff known under that name that the provisions of point (b) are not sufficient to ensure, in the Member State of marketing, correct information for consumers.

2. No trade mark, brand name or fancy name may be substituted for the name under which the product is sold.

3. The name under which the product is sold shall include or be accompanied by particulars as to the physical condition of the foodstuff or the specific treatment which it has undergone (e.g. powdered, freeze-dried, deep-frozen, concentrated, smoked) in all cases where omission of such information could create confusion in the mind of the purchaser.

Any foodstuff which has been treated with ionising radiation must bear one of the following indications:

• [F1 in Bulgarian:

  ‘ облъчено ’ or ‘ обработено с йонизиращо лъчение ’,

• in Spanish:

  ‘ irradiado ’ or ‘ tratado con radiación ionizante ’,

• in Czech:

  ‘ ozářeno ’ or ‘ ošetřeno ionizujícím zářením ’,

• in Danish:

  ‘ bestrålet /…’ or ‘ strålekonserveret ’ or ‘ behandlet med ioniserende stråling ’ or ‘ konserveret med ioniserende stråling ’,

• in German:

  ‘ bestrahlt ’ or ‘ mit ionisierenden Strahlen behandelt ’,

• in Estonian:

  ‘ kiiritatud ’ or ‘ töödeldud ioniseeriva kiirgusega ’,

• in Greek:

  ‘ επεξεργασμένο με ιονίζουσα ακτινοβολία ’or ‘ ακτινοβολημένο ’,

• in English:

  ‘ irradiated ’ or ‘ treated with ionising radiation ’,

• in French:

  ‘ traité par rayonnements ionisants ’ or ‘ traité par ionisation ’,

• in Italian:

  ‘ irradiato ’ or ‘ trattato con radiazioni ionizzanti ’,

• in Latvian:

  ‘ apstarots ’ or ‘ apstrādāts ar jonizējošo starojumu ’,

• in Lithuanian:

  ‘ apšvitinta ’ or ‘ apdorota jonizuojančiąja spinduliuote ’,

• in Hungarian:

  ‘ sugárkezelt ’vagy ‘ ionizáló energiával kezelt ’,

• in Maltese:

  ‘ ittrattat bir-radjazzjoni ’ or ‘ ittrattat b'radjazzjoni jonizzanti ’,

• in Dutch:

  ‘ doorstraald ’ or ‘ door bestraling behandeld ’ oder ‘ met ioniserende stralen behandeld ’,

• in Polish:

  ‘ napromieniony ’ or ‘ poddany działaniu promieniowania jonizującego ’,

• in Portuguese:

  ‘ irradiado ’ or ‘ tratado por irradiação ’ or ‘ tratado por radiação ionizante ’,

• in Romanian:

  ‘ iradiate ’ or ‘ tratate cu radiații ionizate ’,

• in Slovak:

  ‘ ošetrené ionizujúcim žiarením ’,

• in Slovenian:

  ‘ obsevano ’ or ‘ obdelano z ionizirajočim sevanjem ’,

• in Finnish:

  ‘ säteilytetty ’ or ‘ käsitelty ionisoivalla säteilyllä ’,

• in Swedish:

  ‘ bestrålad ’ or ‘ behandlad med joniserande strålning ’.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Council Directive 2006/107/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting Directive 89/108/EEC relating to quick-frozen foodstuffs for human consumption and Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania.