"On January 4, 2018, the European Commission published draft rules on how the origin of a food product must be labeled when the country of origin indicated on the label is different from that of its main ingredient. Article 26 of the EU’s Food Information to Consumers (FIC) regulation 1169/2011 sets out general rules on mandatory and voluntary country of origin labeling (COOL). Under Article 26.2(a), COOL is mandatory when its absence could mislead consumers as to the true origin of the final food, e.g. an Italian flag on a lasagna produced in Belgium. Under Article 26.3, COOL becomes mandatory when the country of origin is provided on a voluntary basis but the origin of the main ingredient is not the same as that of production. Article 26 of the FIC regulation required the Commission to draft rules for the implementation of the aforementioned dual origin labeling provisions."
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