date:Aug 01, 2013
The European Commission has launched a request for tenders to deliver a study on mandatory origin labelling for milk, milk used as an ingredient in dairy products and unprocessed meat other than beef, pig, poultry sheep and goat meat.
Currently, mandatory rules on origin labelling exist for several agricultural products, such as beef, honey, eggs, imported poultry meat, fruit and vegetables, bananas, olive oil, wine and hops.
In particular for beef, the EU legislation requires the indication o