diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/templates/product_modal.html.haml b/app/assets/javascripts/templates/product_modal.html.haml
index ec9cb00625..374f1bda4e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/templates/product_modal.html.haml
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/templates/product_modal.html.haml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       %filter-selector{ 'selector-set' => "productPropertySelectors", objects: "[product] | propertiesWithValuesOf" }
 
     .product-description{"ng-if" => "product.description_html"}
-      %p.text-small{"ng-bind-html" => "::product.description_html", "data-controller" => "richtext"}
+      %p.text-small{"ng-bind-html" => "::product.description_html", "data-controller" => "add-blank-to-link"}
 
   .columns.small-12.medium-6.large-6.product-img
     %img{"ng-src" => "{{::product.largeImage}}", "ng-if" => "::product.largeImage"}
diff --git a/app/webpacker/controllers/richtext_controller.js b/app/webpacker/controllers/add_blank_to_link_controller.js
similarity index 100%
rename from app/webpacker/controllers/richtext_controller.js
rename to app/webpacker/controllers/add_blank_to_link_controller.js
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/stimulus/add_blank_to_link_controller_test.js b/spec/javascripts/stimulus/add_blank_to_link_controller_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97fdc884e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/javascripts/stimulus/add_blank_to_link_controller_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ * @jest-environment jsdom
+ */
+
+import { Application } from "stimulus";
+import add_blank_to_link_controller from "../../../app/webpacker/controllers/add_blank_to_link_controller";
+
+describe("AddBlankToLink", () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    const application = Application.start();
+    application.register("add-blank-to-link", add_blank_to_link_controller);
+  });
+
+  describe("#add-blank-to-link", () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      document.body.innerHTML = `<div data-controller="add-blank-to-link"><a href="www.ofn.com">www.ofn.com</a></div>`;
+    });
+
+    it("adds target='_blank' to anchor tags", () => {
+      const anchorTag = document.querySelector('a')
+      expect(anchorTag.getAttribute('target')).toBe("_blank");
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/spec/system/consumer/shopping/products_spec.rb b/spec/system/consumer/shopping/products_spec.rb
index d568095ec5..6e14e5ca78 100644
--- a/spec/system/consumer/shopping/products_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/consumer/shopping/products_spec.rb
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe "As a consumer I want to view products" do
         product.description = '<p><b>Formatted</b> product description: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
                               consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi venenatis metus diam,
                                eget scelerisque nibh auctor non. </p> Link to an ' \
-                              '<a href="http://google.fr" target="_blank">external site</a>' \
+                              '<a href="http://google.fr">external site</a>' \
                               '<img src="https://www.openfoodnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/' \
                               '05/logo-ofn-global-web@2x.png" alt="open food network logo" />'
         product.save!
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ describe "As a consumer I want to view products" do
         visit shop_path
         expect(page).to have_content product.name
         expect_product_description_html_to_be_displayed(product, product.description, nil,
-                                                        truncate: true)
+                                                        truncate: true, href: true)
       end
 
       it "does not show unsecure HTML" do
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ describe "As a consumer I want to view products" do
   end
 
   def expect_product_description_html_to_be_displayed(product, html, not_include = nil,
-                                                      truncate: false)
+                                                      truncate: false, href: false)
     # check inside list of products
     within "#product-#{product.id} .product-description" do
       expect(html).to include(html)
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ describe "As a consumer I want to view products" do
     expect(page).to have_selector '.reveal-modal'
     modal_should_be_open_for product
     within(".reveal-modal") do
+      expect(find_link('external site')[:target]).to eq('_blank') if href
       expect(html).to include(html)
       expect(html).not_to include(not_include) if not_include
     end