Honey, fruit juice and jam, and dry milk exported to the EU will have to comply with new regulations.

May 30, 2024 09:11 Ha Linh Print article

ANTD.VN - The European Parliament and Council have just issued new regulations on the import of certain agricultural products into this market.

New EU regulations on imported honey, fruit juice and jam, dry milk

The Vietnam Trade Office in Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU said that the European Parliament and Council have just issued Directive No. 2024/1438 amending regulations related to a number of agricultural and food products in previously issued Directives of the European Council to implement the Green Deal and Farm-to-Fork Strategy to create a fairer, healthier, more environmentally friendly and sustainable food system.

Amendments to Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey: New regulations relating to additional labelling and origin of honey, to increase the ability to identify and label in cases of mixing many types of honey with different origins and raising and harvesting honey from areas with different plant species, regulations on labelling and origin of honey for small packaged honey under 30g...

Accordingly, amends Directives 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption, Directive 2001/113/EC relating to fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and chestnut puree intended for human consumption, and Directive 2001/114/EC relating to certain types of preserved milk wholly or partly dehydrated intended for human consumption.

The main adjustments to the Directives relate to regulations on sugar content in juice products, sugar separation to ensure naturalness after processing stages, EU regulations on the names of coconut water, orange marmalade...

Regulations relating to changes in the nutritional content of dry milk labels on packaging when processing …

The trade office said that EU member states will adopt and publish the amendments to the above Directives on December 14, 2025, and the Regulation will apply from June 14, 2026.

Vietnamese exporters of the above products to the EU need to pay attention to the new regulations to avoid violations.

Source: https://www.anninhthudo.vn/mat-ong-nuoc-va-mut-hoa-qua-sua-kho-xuat-khau-vao-eu-se-phai-tuan-thu-quy-dinh-moi-post577955.antd