MEPS PUSH HARD FOR EU ORIGIN LABELLING LAW ON MEAT
December 1st, 2014
A European Parliament committee yesterday (Dec 3) vowed to swiftly approve any formal proposal for mandatory labelling for processed meats, claiming 90% of its members favour such a European Union (EU) law . Parliamentarians of all stripes claimed a comfortable majority of European Union consumers want to know where their meat comes from and what it consists of following the horsemeat scandal of two years ago.Environment committee MEPs wanted to question the new agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan, who promised them labelling legislation only a few weeks ago but ...
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