European Union: Food Labeling Initiatives in the EU Farm to Fork Strategy

On May 20, 2020, the European Commission announced the publication of its Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy, which contains a roadmap for enhancing food and agricultural sustainability by 2030 under the EU Green Deal. The Strategy marks the beginning of a process aiming to fundamentally change the way EU agriculture operates and food is produced for, and provided to, EU consumers. Within the F2F Strategy, the Commission announced several measures for labeling. These measures are controversial among some EU Member States and include EU-harmonized mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labeling and the extension of origin indication for certain products. The Strategy is not legislative. F2F objectives will need to be converted into legislative proposals, and the European Parliament and Member States will shape and amend these proposals as part of the EU legislative process. This multistep legislative development process and negotiations between EU institutions typically takes several years to complete.

European Union: Food Labeling Initiatives in the EU Farm to Fork Strategy