Publications - Agribusiness and Food
The country has taken a major step forward in the fight against food waste by setting out policy priorities and other obligations for food chain operators.
The Nature Restoration Regulation has a particular impact on companies in the food industry, in direct relationship with land and sea ecosystems that could be affected by the restoration obligation due to their degradation.
It concludes that a food product imported from a third country may only carry the EU organic production logo if it complies with EU legislation, regardless of whether the rules on production in that country are recognized as equivalent.
The text provides details of the requirements that the products must meet to reduce their environmental impact, addressing key issues for manufacturers, importers and consumers.
The law, which proposes new requirements for all actors in the food chain, aims to encourage the efficient use of food and promote good practices.
On December 15, the Official State Gazette (BOE) published Law 16/2021, amending (once again) Law 12/2013, on measures to improve the functioning of the food supply chain (the Food Supply Chain Law or LCA, after its initials in Spanish).The new law…