§ Baroness Byfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 8 May (WA 207), whether they have specifically raised within the European Union 35WA the question whether all meat products will be separately identified in the same manner as beef. [HL2392]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathWe have raised the need for a review of origin labelling rules with the European Commission and other member states. This review would include consideration of meat products. We have also raised the issue in the wider international forum of the Code Alimentarius Commission's Committee on Food Labelling.