Brussels, 27/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - From 1 July, new and stricter EU rules on labelling meat-based products will give consumers better information on what they are eating. A Directive amending current EU labelling legislation1 to tighten up the definition of the term "meat" for the labelling of meat-based products entered into force on 1 January with a double circulation period of affected products until the end of June 2003.
This transition period was created to enable the sector to...