BRUSSELS ANGRY OVER ITALIAN INACTION ON ALLERGY LABELLING
January 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has accused the Italian government of dragging its feet over the implementation of important European Union rules telling food manufacturers to label products with potentially allergenic ingredients. Brussels has now sent Italy a final warning, giving its government two months to explain how it will resolve the problem, or face a probable case at the European Court of Justice (ECJ). A Brussels official told just-food: "Italy has not communicated anything in terms of its implementation measures" to this 2007 ...
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