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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8695

29 April 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Commission floats idea of beef labelling rules to indicate "EU origin"

Brussels, 28/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the European Commission adopted a report which took stock of application of the 2000 legislation on beef and veal labelling by Member Sates. In order to avoid situations of national preference, the Commission launches the debate on the possibility of showing "EU origin" on meat labels, instead of the origin of the Member State as currently set out in the rules. According to the Commission, Community legislation gave the guarantees expected...

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