EU NAME AND SHAME
December 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLMOVES are afoot in Brussels to pass a law requiring all companies handling food to be inspected annually, then publicly 'named and shamed' should they be found breaking health and hygiene rules. The idea has been tabled by the European Parliament's environment committee as an amendment to an umbrella food safety regulation proposed earlier this year covering food quality, animal feed, safety, labelling and inspections, providing for criminal penalties for serious breaches of its rules. Should this change be agreed by the full parliament - probably ...
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