Europe prepares a new food labeling.

THE LABELS WILL INDICATE THE PLACE OF ORIGIN, BREEDING OR CULTIVATION.

The EU studies the need to include an indication of the place of production on food product labels. This is what a consultation carried out at European level on food quality demands. Farmers, Manufacturers and consumers spoke out in favor of greater use of food labels. “place of origin”.

These labels are already mandatory for some unprocessed foods sold in the EU such as beef and poultry., the vegetables, the eggs, Honey, wine and olive oil.

The EU has one of the strictest agricultural laws in the world. But many consumers distrust the quality of products from outside, especially since the scandals recorded in recent years in relation to imported food products.

The Commission wants to abolish the label “EU” to identify and protect traditional product names. Since the creation of the system in 1992, have only been registered 20 products, including the traditional Finnish empanada, mozzarella cheese produced according to the Italian tradition and some Belgian beers.

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