FEDIMA mission

The Federation of European Union Manufacturers and Suppliers of Ingredients to the Bakery, Confectionery and Patisserie Industries, (previously called The European Federation of the Intermediate Products Industries for the Bakery and Confectionery Trades), FEDIMA, was established on 20th May 1969. The earliest part of FEDIMA's existence was governed by the recipe-craze of the Seventies. European law would define Euro-bread, Euro-rolls, Euro-croissants up to the final, smallest ingredient and processing temperature.

The historical changes of 1978, the Cassis-de-Dijon decision, and 1985/86, the Commission's White Paper and the Single European Act, imposed on all players, including FEDIMA, a shift away from vertical legislation, recipes, towards a horizontal approach: general rules for the whole of the industry, combined with the mutual recognition principle. Then FEDIMA grew into an authoritative voice in the area of two major horizontal topics: labelling and food additives.

Now FEDIMA has set its full following objectives:
1. To be the spokesman for its members before any international organisation, particularly in Europe.
2. To contribute, on behalf of its members, to the setting up of European legislation directly affecting their industrial activities.
3. To promote the interests of its members and of their customers at a EU level.
4. To permit the exchange of information between national associations
at a technical and legislative level.
5. To represent its members, within other trade associations and other European groups