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Pig and poultry Meat labelling: the EU Parliament asked for more transparency and voted against the Commission's proposal
Today, the EU parliament has rejected a EU Commission's proposal aiming to add for pork meat and poultry meat a mandatory labelling on the Country of rearing.
MEPs expressed themselves in favor of a better labelling, but considered the Commission's proposal is a way to avoid for pork, goat, sheep and poultry meat a EU strict complete labelling as it has been done in 2002 for beef meat. MEPs therefore call on the Commission to withdraw the regulation and to draw up a revised version which includes a mandatory place of birth, rearing and slaughter labelling for those meats, in line with the existing beef origin labelling legislation.
Official Press release: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20140205IPR35028/html/Country-of-origin-labelling-rules-for-pigs-and-poultry-need-beefing-up-say-MEPs
Horse Meat Scandal: Non legislative resolution of MEPs
Today, in a non legislative Resolution, MEPs are calling for the adoption of measures to "fix weak links in the production chain"
See the official press release here: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20140110IPR32326/html/Food-fraud-MEPs-call-for-measures-to-fix-weak-links-in-the-production-chain
Pork found in elk lasagne
Scandal of horsemeat in food for human consumption
P-002662/2013
7 March 2013
Kyriacos Triantaphyllides (GUE/NGL)
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Horsemeat scandal
Scandal of horsemeat found in processed products
1 March 2013
E-002452-13
Sophocles Sophocleous (S&D)
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Commission response to horse meat scandal
E-002127/2013
26 February 2013
Ian Hudghton (Verts/ALE)
Horsemeat crisis: destination of edible products
25 February 2013
Diogo Feio (PPE)
E-002053/2013
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Horsemeat scandal and consumer safety
E-001513/2013
13 February 2013
Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu (S&D)