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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8010

20 July 2001
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/food safety
From 2003, consumers of meat-based products will be informed in more detail as to contents of what they eat - fat and offal will no longer be considered meat

Brussels, 19/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - Union consumers, who like meat-based products such as "charcuterie" (sausages, notably), prepared dishes and canned meat will very soon be informed of the exact contents of what they are eating thanks to adequate labelling of the products concerned. The Union's Standing Committee on Foodstuffs has just given the go-ahead to a Commission proposal aimed at defining more precisely - tightening the definition - what the term "meat" covers and consequently...

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