Most French food firms fail to state meat origin
French agriculture minister, Stéphane Le Foll, announced plans last month to make country of origin labelling for processed foods mandatory, urging manufacturers to provide the information on a voluntary basis in the meantime.
But the results of UFC Que Choisir’s survey, which analysed the labels of 245 common products using beef, pork and chicken manufactured by 13 large national manufacturers and seven retailers, suggests there has been little uptake so far.
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Food Labelling Services comments:
All primary meat products should be labelled with country of origin, as should minced meat products. However, there has been debate across Europe on labelling the country of origin for processed products, and France took the lead with this voluntary action. The decision rests with the European Commission to decide whether to make this mandatory or not.