Brussels, 15/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - In the framework of information to citizens on foodstuffs not harmful to health but unfit for consumption, the national authorities, observing the requirements of professional secrecy, may provide identification data such as the name of the foodstuffs and and the name of the company under the name or trade name of which the foodstuffs are produced, processed or distributed. Interpreting the regulation on the safety of foodstuffs (no.882/2004) on this point in a ruling returned on 11 April (case C-636/11), the Court of Justice of the EU took position to this effect in response to the Regional Court of Munich (Germany), to which a complaint had been brought by the company Berger Wild GmbH (processor of game meat), whose products, having been judged to be unfit for consumption, had been banned from sale. The company took the view that it had been injured when the authorities divulged the names of the products and of the company, and the ban to which it had been subjected. The Court ruled that, even though it is not harmful to health, a foodstuff which is unfit for consumption is “dangerous” in the sense of the regulation and may therefore harm consumers' interests. The authorities were therefore entitled to inform them, in full compliance with the requirements of professional secrecy. (FG/transl.fl)