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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10694
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) gmo

Commission defines pollen in honey as natural constituent

Brussels, 21/09/2012 (Agence Europe) - European rules on honey (Directive 2001/110/EC) are to be amended to clarify the true nature of pollen present in honey. On Friday 21 September, the Commission in fact suggested that pollen should be defined as a natural constituent of honey, in line with international World Trade Organisation (WTO) standards, and not as an ingredient as the EU Court of Justice maintains (Case C-442/09).

This clarification is the European Commission's response to a...

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