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On behalf of the French, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish delegations, France informed the Council about the issue of information to consumers about the originof food products. In this context, the above-mentioned delegations considered that European legislation related to origin labelling of agricultural and food products should evolve to better meet consumer expectations, and asked for an improvement of origin labelling in the context of the Commission's "Farm to Fork" strategy.
Furthermore, they called for a strengthening of European legislation on the labelling of the origin of food products and of food ingredients and for proposals from the Commission in this respect.In the ensuing debate, delegations expressed divergent views on whether there should be or not a harmonised EU approach on mandatory labelling, at least for some sectors. The Commission acknowledged consumers' calls for increased transparency on food origin.
Monday December 16, 2019/ Consilium/ European Union.
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