You go to the supermarket, buy a can of preserves, open it and enjoy that delicacy. However, Do you really know what you are buying? Have you ever stopped to read the label of the product you purchased?
There is a new regulation that will change the rules of the game to demand total transparency from the canning industry. As reported by the @directoalpaladar account, this is Royal Decree 1082/2025, of December 3, “which regulates the procedure to determine national commercial names and names of preserved or prepared foods admitted in Spain applicable to fishing and aquaculture products.
As stated in the BOE, “article 169 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) establishes that for promote the interests of consumers and guarantee them a high level of protectionthe EU must contribute to protecting their health, safety and economic interests, as well as promoting, among others, their right to information.”
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“The free movement of safe and healthy food is an essential aspect of the internal market and contributes significantly to the health and well-being of citizens, as well as their social and economic interests. To achieve a high level of protection of consumers’ health and guarantee their right to information, Ensure that consumers are properly informed regarding the food they consume”, it is collected.
Which products will be most affected by the new regulations and what does it establish?
As the user mentioned above reports, there will be an end to “traps in cans of sardines and other preserves.” The new law requires “to show total transparency on the labels, to know with certainty what is inside each can”. Ambiguous terms will not be allowed: Words such as ‘belly’, ‘loin’, ‘smoked’ or ‘pickled’ now have a strict and mandatory legal definition. If the label does not exactly meet the requirements, the manufacturer loses the right to use those names.”
The big blow would be taken by “the false scallops”: “From now on, it is completely prohibited to sell Pacific scallops or scallops camouflaged under that name. And be careful with sardines. To use the word ‘sardinilla’, the fish must meet an exact mathematical size and weightregulated to the millimeter, and it must be guaranteed that it corresponds to authorized biological species.