WTO, US and EU meat COOL labelling – QeA to the EU Commission

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Question for written answer to the Commission - Ricardo Serrão Santos (S&D) - 17.09.2015 The World Trade Organisation (WTO) recently ruled in favour of Canada and Mexico in their dispute against the United States in relation to rules concerning origin labelling for meat. The indication of the origin of meat applied in the US, on which the dispute … Continue reading WTO, US and EU meat COOL labelling – QeA to the EU Commission

Food recalls in EU – Week 44/2015

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This week on the EU RASFF (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we can find the following notifications: 1. Alerts followed by a recall from consumers: Allergens: undeclared almond in smoked organic tofu from Austria, following company's own check. Notified by Germany; Heavy metals: mercury (1.99 mg/kg - ppm) in frozen tuna (Thunnus obesus) from Italy, … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 44/2015