# 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 (Text with EEA relevance), Article 19: Omission of the list of ingredients

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The following foods shall not be required to bear a list of ingredients:
(a) fresh fruit and vegetables, including potatoes, which have not been peeled, cut or similarly treated;
(b) carbonated water, the description of which indicates that it has been carbonated;
(c) fermentation vinegars derived exclusively from a single basic product, provided that no other ingredient has been added;
(d) cheese, butter, fermented milk and cream, to which no ingredient has been added other than lactic products, food enzymes and micro-organism cultures essential to manufacture, or in the case of cheese other than fresh cheese and processed cheese the salt needed for its manufacture;
(e) foods consisting of a single ingredient, where:
(i)the name of the food is identical to the ingredient name; or
(ii)the name of the food enables the nature of the ingredient to be clearly identified.
2. In order to take into account the relevance for the consumer of a list of ingredients for specific types or categories of foods, regulations may be made, in exceptional cases, to supplement paragraph 1 of this Article, provided that omissions do not result in the final consumer or mass caterers being inadequately informed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1169/article/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1169/article-19
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