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COMMISSION NOTICE – Guidance on the interpretation and application of Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market · European Union

Under Article 7(3) of the FIC Regulation (249), information about a food provided by a trader to a consumer ‘shall not attribute to any food the property of preventing, treating or curing a human disease, nor refer to such properties’. This general provision applies to food business operators at all stages of the food chain, where their activities concern the provision of food information to consumers. The term ‘food information’ means information concerning the food and made available by means of labelling other accompanying material, or any other means including technology tools or verbal communication.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.