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Poland to introduce voluntary 'Made in Poland' label

The law would allow manufacturers to use the label "Produkt polski" along with a logo to be designed by the Ministry of Agriculture. 

Under the regulation, meat products may bear the logo if the animal was born, reared and slaughtered in the Republic of Poland. For products of animal origin other than meat, such as dairy products or eggs, the animals must be reared in Poland. 

Processed products may bear the logo if they are manufactured in Poland. Ingredients sourced from abroad may be used, provided they cannot otherwise be sourced from Poland and do not make up over 25% of the final product’s mass at the time of manufacturing, excluding water used during the production process.

“Research on the need to inform Polish consumers about the country of origin of foodstuffs clearly shows that the need for information about the origin of a range of foodstuffs is in high demand amongst consumers. This requirement is significant and therefore should not be ignored,” reads the draft law's accompanying statement to the European Commission.

 

You can read the full article HERE

 

Food Labelling Services comments:

With Romania and now Poland proposing voluntary regulations for Country of Origin labelling, in our opinion, there is a requirement to regulate the criteria throughout Europe that products should comply to in order to declare 'Made in X Country.' However, by claiming 'Made in X Country' may be breaching article 34 of the principles of the European Union, which guarantees the free movement of goods across the single market. There is case law to prevent products declaring the country in which they were made.