Article 7

1. Food additives not intended for sale to the uItimate consumer may be marketed only if their packaging or containers bear the following information, which must be conspicuous, clearly legible and indelible: - for food additives sold singly or mixed with each other, for each additive, the name laid down by any Community provisions applying and its EEC number or, in the absence of such provisions, a description of the additive that is sufficiently precise to enable it to be distinguished from additives with which it could be confused, indescending order of the proportion by weight in the total, when other substances or materials or food ingredients to facilitate storage, sale, standardization, dilution or dissolution of a food additive or food additives are incorporated in the additives, the name of the additive in accordance with the first indent and an indication of each component in descending order of the proportion by weight in the total; - either the statement 'for use in food', or the statement 'restricted use in food', or a more specific reference to its intended food use; if rtecessary, the special conditions of storage and use; directions for use, if the Comission thereof would preclude appropriate use of the additive; a mark identifying the batch or lot; the name or business name and address of the manufacturer or packager, or of a seller established within the Community; an indication of the percentage of any component which is subject to a quantitative limitation in a food or adequate compositional information to enable the purchaser to comply with any Community provisions, or in their absence national provisions, applying to the food. Where the same quantitative limitation applies to a group of components used singly or in combination, the combined percentage may be given as a single figure; the net quantity; any other information provided for in the comprehensive Directive referred to in Article 3. 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the information required in point (a), second indent, and points (d) to (g), may appear merely on the documents relating to the consignment which are to be supplied with or prior to the delivery, provided that the indication 'intended for the manufacture of foodstuffs and not for retail sale' appears on a conspicuous part

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.