EU FOOD LAW DEREGULATION
September 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has released details of drinks industry legislative proposals it will abandon under a drive by the current regime to simplify European Union (EU) laws and its political process. Brussels is to drop a proposed directive insisting rules for drinks ingredients labelling for beverages containing more than 1.2% of alcohol by volume are adopted within a certain timeframe. Both the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers have refused to discuss the law since 1999. Another proposal being dumped is a regulation formally ...
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