The European Parliament advocates better labeling of honey and tracing its origin to avoid fraud

The Environment Committee of the European Parliament today set its position for the final negotiation of the review of the labeling rules for juices, fruits and jams, with special attention to strengthening the requirements for the classification and traceability of honey. The text for reviewing the "marketing" rules of the Breakfast Directive, which are two decades old, was adopted by 73 votes in favor, 2 against and 3 abstentions, after also being supported by the parliamentary Agriculture Committee. It will still have to be validated by the plenary session of the community chamber before the final negotiation with the Council of the EU, which represents the Member States. The legislative review proposed by the European Commission is based on a document prepared by Slovenia and supported by 19 Member States that warned on imported honey mixtures sold in the EU, aligned with a study by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the EU Joint Research Center (JRC) that pointed out ...