LABELLING REGULATION
October 1st, 2001
KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has formally issued an awaited regulation that will require the labels of fish and fish products to contain more detailed information to better inform consumers and help officials police the Common Fisheries Policy.Under the new rules, from 1 January 2002, all fish products on sale at retailers will have to be labelled with the following information:*The commercial name of the species, with the common term used in each Member State being used for local sales;*The production method of the fish, being wild, farmed or cultivated ...
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