EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT FOOD LABELLING SPOKESMAN SLAMS COMMISSION’S REFORM PLANS
February 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FAILURE of the European Commission to propose a harmonised European Union (EU) food labelling scheme has been attacked. European Parliament spokeswomen German Christian Democrat MEP Renate Sommer said new food labelling legislation should not allow EU member states to insist upon additional information: "The proposal risks confronting manufacturers and retailers with 27 additional labelling systems..."
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THE FAILURE of the European Commission to propose a harmonised European Union (EU) food labelling scheme has been attacked. European Parliament spokeswomen German Christian Democrat MEP Renate Sommer said new food labelling legislation should not allow EU member states to insist upon additional information: "The proposal risks confronting manufacturers and retailers with 27 additional labelling systems..."
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