MEPs intensify pressure for origin labelling

Change is COOL: Online petition for meat origin labelling gains momentum in France

26-Feb-2016

By Niamh Michail

Nearly 8000 French consumers have signed a petition on Change.org calling for mandatory country of origin labelling for processed meat products.

France to bring in mandatory origin labelling for processed food

29-Jan-2016

By Niamh Michail

France is set to bring in mandatory country of origin labelling for processed products, with agriculture minister, Stéphane le Foll, saying he was ready to “take the battle to the European level”.

Commission should strengthen meat origin labelling, say MEPs

07-Feb-2014

By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

MEPs have rejected a European Commission proposal for labelling meat according to where animals were reared and slaughtered – but not where they were born.

MEPs intensify pressure for origin labelling

Another vote from Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) has put further pressure on the European Commission to act on mandatory origin labelling for meat, dairy and processed products.

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