FOOD HYGEINE
May 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EU ministers have defied expectations and approved a food hygiene package, accepting European Parliament amendments to a meat regulation allowing public officials to inspect the slaughter of pigs and veal calves, a job the European Commission would have allowed abattoirs to undertake. The Council of Ministers also rubber-stamped a regulation on food and feed controls defining government responsibilities to ensure food businesses apply EU legislation.
EU ministers have defied expectations and approved a food hygiene package, accepting European Parliament amendments to a meat regulation allowing public officials to inspect the slaughter of pigs and veal calves, a job the European Commission would have allowed abattoirs to undertake. The Council of Ministers also rubber-stamped a regulation on food and feed controls defining government responsibilities to ensure food businesses apply EU legislation.
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