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Updated 2026-07-12 · Reviewed by: Redazione ce85204 — revisione editoriale assistita da AI (2026-07-12)

ce85204.com is a private, independent knowledge base on European food hygiene law, built around Regulation (EC) No 852/2004. It is not an official site and is not affiliated with the European Union or any national authority; only the text published on EUR-Lex is authoritative.

ce85204.com is a knowledge base on European food hygiene law, built around Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 and the rest of the so-called Hygiene Package. The site's name refers to the number of that regulation (EC 852/2004).

We are a private and independent resource. We are not an official website, we do not represent any public body, and we have no relationship of affiliation, endorsement or partnership with the European Union, the European Commission, or any national ministry, region or health authority. The authoritative text is on EUR-Lex: our pages have documentary and explanatory value, not official standing. This is set out in full in the disclaimer.

Why we exist

European food law is public and free of charge, yet scattered: the consolidated text sits on EUR-Lex, penalties in national official journals, interpretation in Commission notices and in the Codex Alimentarius. Anyone running a food business, or studying the subject, has to reassemble that mosaic alone, often running into imprecise marketing content. We aim to offer an ordered, verifiable reading, anchored to the source.

Our mission, line by line

• Make the text in force readable. We reproduce Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 in the consolidated version as published on EUR-Lex, without rewording it. Source: EUR-Lex, CELEX 02004R0852-20210324.
• Explain without inventing. Every legal statement in our commentary is tied to a specific article, annex or chapter, keeping apart what the rule says from what it means. The method is described in the methodology.
• Correct widespread errors. Many operators believe, for example, that a single EU-wide attestation exists: we explain why the regulation provides nothing of the kind on the page about the absence of a 852/2004 conformity document. Source: the text of the regulation and Commission Notice 2022/C 355/01.
• Add national context. We flag where practice differs from one Member State to another, starting with Italy, and we date national information because it ages quickly.
• List sources openly. The full inventory of the primary sources we use is on the sources page.

What we do not do

We do not sell attestations, we do not issue conformity documents, and we do not provide individual legal advice. Our content is information, not case-specific opinions. Cross-cutting concepts such as HACCP are treated as knowledge entries, not as services.