Adjonction de vitamines aux denrées alimentaires et modalités de communication

Direction générale de la concurrence, consommation et répression des fraudes (DGCCRF), Bureau D3 – Secteur Nutrition, 59 boulevard Vincent Auriol 75703 Paris Cedex 13, France

Abstract

Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of 20 December 2006 on the addition of vitamins, minerals and certain other substances to foods came into force on 1 July 2007 and renders void certain provisions of Decree No. 2006/1264 of 16 October 2006. This text changes significantly how to approach the issue of current food fortification, hitherto subject to prior authorization. This article aims to review the conditions under which stakeholders can use the addition, and how the communication on packaging is possible, related to the presence of vitamins in food.