Manufacturers will have a period of six months to change their packaging but will be required before two months to note that a change of revenue has taken place, without necessarily specifying which one.
Le Monde
Industrialists had seized the services of Bercy several weeks ago to alert on sunflower oil supply tensions because of the war in Ukraine, and ask for permission to change revenue. The state authorized Tuesday, April 26, for six months maximum , margarine manufacturers, chips, sauces, cookies or dishes in sauce to replace sunflower oil in their recipes without changing their packaging.
Industrialists who will make this request for a derogation may use rapeseed oil, detailed Bercy after consultation with industrial and consumer associations. They will have a period of six months to change their packaging but will be required before two months to point out that a change of revenue took place, without necessarily specifying which.
In the case of adding allergenic products, or in the event that the package has allegations that would not be true, such as “100% bio” or “without palm oil” for example, the Indication of a change of revenue must on the other hand being immediate. The set of revenue modifications that have been the subject of a derogation will be referenced On a website of the General Management of Fraud (DGCCRF) , a department of the Ministry of the Economy.
“Transparency effort of the authorities”
According to Bercy, several hundred or a thousand references could be the subject of these requests for derogations, including fried products such as chips or fries, or breaks, or margarine, sauces, pies , canned oil …
At the request of the manufacturers in Bercy, the Foodwatch NGO emphasized the need for a “total transparency”, and reacted Tuesday by greeting “the transparency effort of the authorities”. However, it alerted “on the puzzle of access to information for consumers”, at best via stickers on packaging – “but not always” – or via a QR code in stores returning to the site DGCCRF Internet.
Ukraine, which insured 50% of global production, can no longer export from the Russian invasion: its ports are blocked and, according to kyiv, the road and the rail make it possible to flow west Less than half a million tonnes of goods per month, mainly cereals, or ten times less than before the conflict.