On 20 September 2022, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) updated their food labeling requirements with the following:
(1) Updated "Requirements for business name and address on packaging or food labels of pre-packaged foods" and "Requirements for Brexit label changes";
(2) Updated requirements for origin marking for beef, veal and ground meat (goats, sheep, pigs and poultry);
(3) Updated the requirements of origin labeling for the "transitional period" of honey labeling;
(4) Updated labeling guidelines for blended pure olive oil.
The above update is effective from 1 January 2024.
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