Restaurants and Canteens

 Gastronomic facilities

In gastronomic facilities, all meals and beverages must be labelled if they consist of, contain, or are produced from GMOs. Such products must be identifiable to the final consumer with a note, either on the menu or at the buffet.

 Gastronomic facilities in enterprises, health institutions or educational facilities, where groups of people are regularly supplied with food

In this kind of facility, the labelling regulations are less extensive than in restaurants.

• If the food consumed in such a facility is prepared or processed on site, the labelling of genetically modified organisms  is not required.

• However, labelled products which are bought and directly delivered to the final consumer in such a facility also must be labelled.

• For example: If a cafeteria operator buys GM tomatoes and offers them unprocessed as raw food, labelling is mandatory. However, if these GM tomatoes are converted to tomato soup, no labelling is required.