FOOD CHAIN TRANSPARENCY

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GUIDELINES on ensuring foodstuffs can better be traced from original producers to manufacturers, distributors and retailers have been released by the European Commission. They help environmental health officers and the food industry comply with the general food law 178/2002 in force since January 1, which insists dangerous food is removed from circulation. *http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/food/foodlaw/guidance/index_en.htm



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