ITALY FACES ECJ ACTION OVER CHOCOLATE LABELLING
July 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A LEGAL case maybe setting an important precedent over European Union chocolate labelling will be heard in the European Court of Justice. An Italian law allowing manufacturers to claim they are selling "pure chocolate" for products containing only cocoa butter for fats breaks the EU's chocolate directive, says the European Commission. The law allows the addition of up to 5% vegetable fat in chocolate.
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A LEGAL case maybe setting an important precedent over European Union chocolate labelling will be heard in the European Court of Justice. An Italian law allowing manufacturers to claim they are selling "pure chocolate" for products containing only cocoa butter for fats breaks the EU's chocolate directive, says the European Commission. The law allows the addition of up to 5% vegetable fat in chocolate.
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