Generic environmental claim
pestizidfrei
Requires proofGeneral environmental statements that are only permitted with recognized proof.
What does “pestizidfrei” mean?
The statement suggests that a product was produced without pesticides. It is only permissible with concrete, verifiable evidence and is especially misleading where pesticide use is already excluded or legally restricted for comparable produce. Without proof the claimed advantage cannot be verified.
Why this term is risky
Free-of claims are misleading where the named substance is not present in comparable products anyway or is already legally banned – this suggests an advantage that every product in the category shares. Such claims remain permissible only where the absence is genuinely relevant and can be substantiated.
Legal basis
Anhang I Nr. 10a UGP-RL i.d.F. EmpCo (EU) 2024/825 (Frei-von-Aussage) / § 5 UWG
The stated legal basis is an assessment, not a conclusively reviewed legal opinion and not individual legal advice.
Detected spellings & languages
- pestizidfrei
- pestizid frei
- pestizid-frei
- ohne pestizide
- pesticide free
- pesticide-free
- free from pesticides
- sin pesticidas
- sans pesticides
- senza pesticidi
- pesticidevrij
The scanner detects these and further variants across languages in sentence context.