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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7677

16 March 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/chocolate
Parliament approves, with a minor amendment, Council common position authorising small percentage of vegetable oils other than cocoa butter in chocolate

Strasbourg, 15/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament approved on Wednesday, with a minor amendment, the Council's common position which authorises in all Member States the use, within the limit of 5%, of six vegetable oils and fats to replace cocoa butter in chocolate. The eight Member States (France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain and Greece) which until now had banned the addition of fats other than cocoa butter, will have to change their legislation....

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