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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture

Agreement on sales description for calf meat

Brussels, 30/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - The German presidency of the EU Council of Ministers said after the meeting of the Special Committee on Agriculture on Tuesday 29 May that there was a substantial qualified majority of member states backing the proposal on labelling of names under which calf meat is sold, an issue that has been under negotiation since September 2006. EU agriculture ministers will probably adopt the new regulation at their next meeting in Luxembourg on 11 June.

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