Tag: Country of origin

EU Court of Justice states that mandatory origin labelling for food is allowed only if ‘justified’

05 Oct 2020

In a ruling on 1 October, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) stated that the EU harmonised framework for food labelling “does not preclude member states from adopting measures p...

Tags: Country of origin, ECJ, European Court of Justice, Labelling, Origin Labelling

Fakers, bakers and praline-makers fear bite of EU origin labels

21 Mar 2018

Following the Commission’s proposal for new legislation on so-called country of origin labelling, food companies fear that they will be forced to indicate the origin of the...

Tags: Consumers, Country of origin, EU, European Commission, Food Packaging, Labelling, Transparency

Food industry upset over obligatory labelling of origin of pasta and rice

30 Aug 2017

Italy’s decision to impose mandatory labelling on pasta and rice packaging has triggered protests from the food industry, which has called on the European Commission to cancel ...

Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, Country of origin, European Commission, Food Packaging, Labelling

Italian pasta labels test limits of EU law

30 Aug 2017

A dispute over pasta is set to shape the future of the EU’s single market. Unsurprisingly for a battle over spaghetti, it was Italy that fired the first shot. Rome last week pas...

Tags: Consumers, Country of origin, European Commission, Food Packaging, Italy, Labelling

Vast majority of MEPs demand legislation on origin labelling

13 May 2016

EU politicians have upped pressure – once again – on the European Commission to bring in mandatory country of origin labelling (COOL) for lightly processed meat and dai...

Tags: Country of origin, European Commission, European Parliament, Labelling

Food safety MEPs call for country of origin labelling of meat in processed foods

21 Jan 2015

Meat used as an ingredient in processed foods, such as lasagne, should be labelled by country of origin as is already the case for bovine fresh meat, said Environment, Public Healt...

Tags: Country of origin, European Parliament, Food Safety, Labelling, Meat