“VSThis will go through stickers directly on the packaging, or for secondary changes through in-store information”, explains Mickaël Nogal, director general of the National Association of Food Industries (ANIA).
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“Manufacturers are committed to informing consumers as well as possible”assured Tuesday April 26 on franceinfo Mickaël Nogal, director general of the National Association of Food Industries (ANIA), while the State authorized this Tuesday, for a maximum of six months, manufacturers of margarine, crisps and sauces to replace sunflower oil without changing their packaging, due to supply difficulties.
franceinfo: Are you going to provide guarantees with regard to display?
Mickael Nogal : Yes, we have been working for a month with consumer associations and public authorities to be able to find the most suitable solutions to guarantee the best consumer information in the coming weeks and months. The situation that industrialists are going through is suffered. So, yes, manufacturers are committed to informing consumers as well as possible, this will go through stickers directly on the packaging, or for secondary changes through in-store information.
The consumer will not need to scan a code or go to the fraud prevention site?
I guarantee you not. As soon as there is a health issue, from the moment there will be a new allergen in the composition of the product, consumers will be informed by a sticker directly on the packaging, this is only for secondary changes that the information will be on a website of the administration. Manufacturers have product compositions and transparency does not date from today on the composition. There are checks that are carried out and therefore we do not play with the composition of the products even more when there may be consequences on health.
Can we compensate in France for the production of sunflower oil that we lack?
Ukraine and Russia can be considered a breadbasket in terms of sunflower and sunflower oil production. It is because of these very large volumes and the demand, everyone needs this raw material at the same time, that there is a lack of availability. In the next few weeks, we have to find alternatives, but in the next few months we will return to a normal situation.