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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8549

25 September 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/food
Council formally adopts directive making ingredients compulsory

Brussels, 24/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - Community legislation on labelling of foodstuffs (directive 2000/13/European Commissioner) has been formally amended and should allow citizens to find out from an exhaustive list the ingredients in foodstuffs and alcoholic drinks offered to the consumer, thanks to the labelling of products. This modification was what the European Parliament aimed for. Called on to speak on the amendments voted on in the second reading by the latter on 2 July, the...

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