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The goal of this master thesis is to complete a research on the legal regulation peculiarities of food labelling and consumer protection. In order to achieve the set goal, following tasks were formed in this thesis: to analyze the legal regulation peculiarities of food labelling in legislation of European Union and Lithuania; to analyze legal regulation of requirements for labelling organic food and products that contain food additives; to provide insights regarding possibilities for consumers to implement their rights in the sphere of food labelling. One of the goals of the European Union food safety policy is to ensure the labelling of food. Therefore, after analysing the legal regulation of food labelling in the first section of the thesis, a proposition can be made that, the labelling of this sphere in the European Union is regulated by horizontal and vertical legislation. The new regulation No. 1169/2011, issued by the European Parliament and Council on the 25th of October, seeks to join, consolidate and simplify currently valid legislation regarding food labelling. The main legal document which regulates food labelling in the Republic of Lithuania is Lithuanian Hygiene Norm HN 119:2002 "Food Labelling". While the market of both organic food and products that contain additives continues to develop, the second section of the thesis analyzes the requirements set by legislation for labelling such products. The analysis of legislation that regulates the labelling of organic food shows that, the main objective of mandatory labelling of products with a certain mark that meet the requirements set for organic food in Lithuania and the European Union is to create an exclusive market for such products, and to form the perception among consumers about advantages of organic food production. Legal requirement to indicate food additives in the constitution of a product is designated in order to ensure that information provided to the consumer is sufficient to make an informed purchase, and, in some cases, to warn the consumer. Food labelling should be perceived not only as informing the consumer, but also as a part of national requirements for implemented and controlled food safety and quality. The third section analyses the possibility for consumers to implement their rights, and a conclusion can be drawn that, when an inadequately labelled food product is purchased, legislation enables the consumer to: 1) address salesperson who sold the product and, optionally, make a requirement to: replace the product with an item of proper quality; adequately reduce the price of the item; return the item to salesperson and demand to receive the spent amount of money; 2) address the State Food and Veterinary Service with a complaint (notice).

The goal of this master thesis is to complete a research on the legal regulation peculiarities of food labelling and consumer protection. In order to achieve the set goal, following tasks were formed in this thesis: to analyze the legal regulation peculiarities of food labelling in legislation of European Union and Lithuania; to analyze legal regulation of requirements for labelling organic food and products that contain food additives; to provide insights regarding possibilities for consumers to implement their rights in the sphere of food labelling. One of the goals of the European Union food safety policy is to ensure the labelling of food. Therefore, after analysing the legal regulation of food labelling in the first section of the thesis, a proposition can be made that, the labelling of this sphere in the European Union is regulated by horizontal and vertical legislation. The new regulation No. 1169/2011, issued by the European Parliament and Council on the 25th of October, seeks to join, consolidate and simplify currently valid legislation regarding food labelling. The main legal document which regulates food labelling in the Republic of Lithuania is Lithuanian Hygiene Norm HN 119:2002 "Food Labelling". While the market of both organic food and products that contain additives continues to develop, the second section of the thesis analyzes the requirements set by legislation for labelling such products. The analysis of legislation that regulates the labelling of organic food shows that, the main objective of mandatory labelling of products with a certain mark that meet the requirements set for organic food in Lithuania and the European Union is to create an exclusive market for such products, and to form the perception among consumers about advantages of organic food production. Legal requirement to indicate food additives in the constitution of a product is designated in order to ensure that information provided to the consumer is sufficient to make an informed purchase, and, in some cases, to warn the consumer. Food labelling should be perceived not only as informing the consumer, but also as a part of national requirements for implemented and controlled food safety and quality. The third section analyses the possibility for consumers to implement their rights, and a conclusion can be drawn that, when an inadequately labelled food product is purchased, legislation enables the consumer to: 1) address salesperson who sold the product and, optionally, make a requirement to: replace the product with an item of proper quality; adequately reduce the price of the item; return the item to salesperson and demand to receive the spent amount of money; 2) address the State Food and Veterinary Service with a complaint (notice).