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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8589

21 November 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 37 / 44
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/food
Commission proposes authorising food packaging in EU to allow quality and freshness of food to be improved

Brussels, 20/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Commission proposes to amend the Community legislation relating to materials which come into contact with food in order to authorise so-called "active" and "intelligent" food packaging in the Union. Such packaging has the property of prolonging shelf life or monitoring and displaying information about the freshness of food.

The proposal of regulation that it has just presented plans to interpret in a modern manner the principle whereby there can be...

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