Foodstuff and Feedstuff Code.

The purpose of the present Act is to ensure the safe use of foodstuff, cosmetics and articles of daily use; to protect the consumer from fraud and adulteration; to ensure the information of the consumer of food; to ensure the safe use of animal feed; to protect nature and its environment from harmful substances in animal excrements; to promote through healthy animal feed the safe growth of animals and their capacities; to ensure that foodstuff of animal origin is of a high standard. Moreover, the present Act implements various EU directives on the same subject. Article 6 establishes that whoever produces or treats foodstuff to be destined to be brought into circulation shall not use unauthorized additives. Article 15 contains provisions relating to the German Codex Alimentarius, a collection of guidelines describing the production, nature and other characteristics of foodstuff relevant for its marketing. The guidelines are decided by the German Codex Alimentarius Commission based on the international standard for foodstuff recognised by the federal government. They are published by the Federal Minister for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture. The text contains 75 articles divided into 11 chapters as follows: General provisions (1); Marketing of foodstuff (2); Marketing of feedstuff (3); Marketing of cosmetics (4); Marketing of articles of daily use (5); Common regulations for all products (6); Inspection (7); Monitoring (8); Import and export (9); Penalties and violations (10); Final provisions (11). One Annex is enclosed.
The amendments of the Act implement various Directives of the EC and the European Parliament regarding standards and technical regulations, the regulations governing information society and services classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures.