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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11287

2 April 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 35
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) consumers
Labelling of origin of fresh meat in force

Brussels, 01/04/2015 (Agence Europe) - The new European rules on the labelling of fresh, chilled or frozen meat from sheep, goats, pigs and poultry, which were adopted in December 2013, have been in force since Wednesday 1 April, the European Commission has announced.

These will give consumers greater clarity, as operators will be obliged to state on the product label the country in which the animal was raised or slaughtered (see EUROPE 10979).

The adoption of these rules was called for by...

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