MEPs TO CONSIDER EXTENDING ORIGIN LABELLING TO SHEEP, PIGS AND GOATS
January 1st, 2014
MEPs will next week consider a proposal from the European Parliament’s influential environment committee calling for stricter European labelling rules for chilled, fresh and frozen meat from goats, sheep and swine. Following last year’s horse meat scandals, the committee has approved a resolution demanding that information about the place of birth, the rearing and the slaughtering of all types of animals be made available on all meat labels - just like it currently is for beef. The committee rejected the European Commission's current proposal that only ...
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