Court of Justice, Seventh Chamber

24 March 2022, Case C‑533/20
(Somogy Megyei Kormányhivatal v Upfield Hungary Kft.)

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 – Provision of food information to consumers –
Labelling – Mandatory particulars – List of ingredients – Specific name of those ingredients – Addition of a vitamin to a food – Obligation to indicate the specific name of that vitamin – No obligation to indicate the vitamin formulation used Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004, must be interpreted, having regard specifically to Article 18(2), as meaning that, where a vitamin has been added to a food, the list of the ingredients of that food does not have to include, in addition to the name of that vitamin, the name of the vitamin formulation used.

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