Appendix IX. Proposed Draft Amendment to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (Quantitative Ingredient Declaration Labelling)

(At Step 3 of the Procedure)

5. ADDITIONAL MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

5.1 Quantitative Labelling of Ingredients

5.1.1 Every food sold as a mixture or combination shall disclose the percentage, by weight, of each ingredient (including ingredients of compound ingredients) comprising more than 5% of the food by weight.

5.1.2 The information required in Section 5.1.1 shall be declared on the product label as a numerical percentage adjacent to each respective ingredient listed in the ingredient list.

5.1.3 If the quantity of any ingredient is emphasized on the label by words or pictures, or if the product bears a name or other similarity to another food with different ingredient composition, or if an ingredient or class of ingredients is normally associated with the food by consumers, the percentage, by weight, of each emphasized ingredient shall be reported on the label either:

(a) in close proximity to the words or images emphasizing the particular ingredient, or
(b) beside the common name of the food,

in lettering that is at least 50% as large as the common name.

PROPOSED DRAFT AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL STANDARD FOR THE LABELLING OF PREPACKAGED FOODS (Quantitative Ingredient Declaration Labelling)

(At Step 3 of the Procedure)

(Alternative text Proposed by IACFO)

5. ADDITIONAL MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

5.1 Quantitative Labelling of Ingredients

5.1.1 Every food sold as a mixture or combination [shall] [may] disclose the [ingoing] percentage, by weight, of each ingredient (including ingredients of compound ingredients) [comprising more than 5% of the food by weight.] [that:

(a) is associated by consumers with the food; or
(b) is emphasized on the label through words or pictures; or
(c) is essential to characterize the food; or
(d) is essential to distinguish the food from others with which it may be confused; or
(e) appears in the name of the food; or
(f) comprises more than 25% of the food by weight.]

5.1.3 If the quantity of any ingredient is emphasized on the label by words or pictures, or if the product bears a name or other similarity to another food with different ingredient composition [with which it may be confused], or if an ingredient is normally associated with the food by consumers, the [ingoing] percentage, by weight, of each [such] [emphasized] ingredient shall [also] be reported on the label either:

(a) in close proximity to the words or images emphasizing the particular ingredient, or
(b) beside the common name of the food,

5.1.4 Where commodity-specific standards of Codex Alimentarius conflict with the requirements prescribed here, the commodity-specific requirements shall prevail to the extent of the conflict.