Chewing the fat: EU regulation of desinewed meat threatens UK exports

Posted on 17 Apr 2012 by The Manufacturer

New EU regulation on the labelling of desinewed meat may be inappropriate and contrary to advice from the UK Food Standards Agency, but British manufacturers have no choice but to comply says Dominic Watkins, senior associate at business law firm DWF.

Dominic Watkins, Senior Associate, DWF
Food quality and safety issues often make for easy headlines and this has been illustrated recently by the UK Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) moratorium on ‘desinewed meat’ (DSM). The FSA was forced to take decisive steps after the EU commission threatened to ban UK exports of…

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