47With regard, secondly, to the purpose of Directive 2000/13, it is apparent from both the sixth recital in the preamble and from Article 2 that that directive was intended to ensure the information and protection of the ultimate consumer of foodstuffs, in particular as regards the nature, identity, properties, composition, quantity, durability, origin or provenance and method of manufacture or production of those products (see, with regard to Directive 79/112, Dega, paragraph 16).
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