MOST EU COUNTRIES NOT CONVINCED OF ORIGIN LABELLING FOR MEAT AS INGREDIENT
March 1st, 2014
MANY European Union (EU) countries are unsure whether imposing mandatory labelling requirements for the country of origin of meat used as ingredient in processed food products would bring benefits that justify the costs, a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels yesterday (24 March) revealed.Germany, the UK, Ireland, Luxembourg, Spain, Romania and the Czech Republic were opposed to any new legislative measure asking food manufacturers to print on the label of a food product the country of origin of the meat included in it. “I do not believe a ...
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