MEAT HYGIENE – EU
May 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has finally approved the controversial EU hygiene package, scotching concerns that European Parliament amendments passed last month would delay approval into the autumn. Instead, ministers shirked a fight with MEPs, agreeing changes that will allow public officials to inspect the slaughter of pigs and veal calves, and ignoring European Commission calls for that job to be carried out by abattoirs. The decision was welcomed by local government union UNISON, which had campaigned for independent inspection. ...
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