CAMPAIGNERS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ORGANIC WELFARE LABELLING PROGRESS AT EU
April 21st, 2015
Renewed calls for mandatory animal welfare food labelling have been made following a debate on proposed European Union (EU) organic labelling rules at the EU Council of Ministers, in Brussels. Labelling Matters, the umbrella campaign backed by a range of leading animal welfare groups across Europe, says mandatory animal welfare (AW) labelling would be beneficial both to consumers and meat producers. Ministers on Monday (May 11) debated a proposed regulation which would revise EU labelling rules on what foodstuffs can or cannot be labelled as organic. The goal is ...
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