EU MINISTERS APPROVE PRE-PACKAGING LIBERALISATION DEAL
July 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers yesterday (Monday 16-7) approved a deal with European Parliament over liberalising most fixed food prepackaging sizes in the EU. Notably, this involves phasing out fixed EU pack sizes for milk, butter, dried pasta and coffee over five years and sugar over six, liberalising the packaging of all EU food products, with only wines and spirits retaining sizing rules. The council overcame conservatism in the parliament to secure the deal: MEPs had wanted to retain many restrictions. The final agreed text ...
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