Commission Regulation (EC) No. 50/2000 on the labelling of foodstuffs and food ingredients containing additives and flavourings that have been genetically modified or have been produced from genetically modified organisms.

This Regulation provides for specific additional labelling requirements for food and food ingredients intended for final consumers and mass containing additives and/or flavourings. The labelling of the specified foodstuffs must inform final consumers and mass caterers of: (a) composition, nutritional value or nutritional effects intended use of the additives, or flavourings as a result of which the specified additives or flavourings are no longer equivalent to existing additives or flavourings; (b) the presence in the specified additives or flavourings of material which is not present in existing equivalent additives or flavourings and which may affect the health of certain sections of the population; (c) the presence in the specified additives or flavourings of material which is not present in existing equivalent additives or flavourings and which gives rise to ethical concerns; (d) the presence of an additive or flavouring that is or contains an organism genetically modified by techniques of genetic modification. (6 articles)