ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTION REGULATION ORGANIC LABELLING
January 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers and MEPs will this spring consider a major overhaul of the EU's rules governing organic food production, which has been proposed by the European Commission. It aims to simplify standards saying when a foodstuff can be labelled organic, with EU agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel appealing for support, saying it will help "consumers to recognise organic products and understand their environmental and animal welfare benefits". If the proposals are passed by the EU Council of Ministers and the ...
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