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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10955

1 November 2013
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) food
Commission defers meat labelling plans

Brussels, 01/11/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 31 October, differences within the European Commission blocked adoption of a report concerning the possibility of making it an obligation to mention the origin of meat on labelling of ready-made food (for details see EUROPE 10951). The adoption procedure was brought to a halt and put off till a later date.

After the horsemeat scandal (when lasagne containing horsemeat was marketed as containing beefmeat), the Commission had promised to...

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