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# EU to Expand Meat Origin Labeling in 2015
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/12/eu-will-introduce-origin-labels-for-meat/
- Published: 2013-12-11T06:04:52.000Z
- Updated: 2018-07-31T01:27:31.000Z
- Author: News Desk
- Tags: World, COOL, country-of-origin labeling, European Union, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 08:58

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The European Union plans to introduce origin labeling for pork, poultry, sheep and goat meat that will include information on where the animals were born, raised and slaughtered. The [European Commission](http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/newsroom/149%5Fen.htm?ref=foodsafetynews.com) said that the rule will allow EU consumers “to know where the meat they buy comes from – a demand they have clearly expressed.” According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, the EU produces 20 percent of the world’s pork, 12 percent of its poultry and 11 percent of its beef. Similar rules already exist for fresh beef. This new labeling will apply to fresh, chilled and frozen meat, and will go into effect on April 1, 2015\. The U.S. recently began requiring similar country-of-origin labels on muscle cuts of beef, chicken, pork, lamb and goat, but the rule is being contested in court by meat industry stakeholders and the governments of Canada and Mexico.