EU PROCESSED MEAT PRODUCERS WILL BE ABLE TO LABEL ORIGIN OF INGREDIENTS AS FROM SPRING 2019
February 1st, 2018
AFTER initially confusing food businesses of whether they must comply with upcoming draft European Union (EU) rules on country of origin labelling, the European Commission has told GlobalMeatNews that its planned new rules will be voluntary. It has said that under a draft Commission regulation (which will not need special authorisation from EU ministers and MEPs) from April 1, 2019, EU meat and meat product manufacturers would still be able to choose whether to label the origin of their food and ingredients. But if the Commission goes ahead with its plans, for ...
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