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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7795

9 September 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture/consumers
Commission proposes that it be compulsory that eggs indicate how hens were farmed

Brussels, 08/09/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Commission proposes that, in future, all eggs marketed in the Union - whether produced in the Community or imported - should be subject to compulsory labeling indicating how the hens that laid them were farmed. Franz Fischler, European Commissioner for Agriculture, declared: "consumers are daily more concerned at the way eggs have been produced. This proposal reflects our determination to provide them with a maximum of information. This system of...

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