Table 9.5 Summary of food legislation in EU and some non-EU countries
Country
Responsible
organization
Key legislation Online resources
Europe
European union
Regulation on
the Provision of
Food Information to Consumers (1169/
20119)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/
Regulation on
Plastic Food
Contact Materials and Articles (10/2011);
Regulation on
Active and
Intelligent
Materials and
Articles
(450/2009)
Biocidal Products Regulation
(528/2012)
Cosmetic
Products Regulation (1223/
2009)
Novel Food
Regulation
(258/97)
Registration,
Evaluation,
Authorisation
and Restriction
of Chemicals
Regulation
(1907/2006)
USA
US Food and Drug
Administration
(FDA)
Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA)
http://www.fda.gov/
regulatoryinformation/legislation/
federalfooddrugandcosmeticactFDCAct/
default.htm
http://www.fda.gov/Food/default.htm
Environmental
Protection
Agency (EPA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA)
http://www.epa.gov/oecaagct/lfra.html
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