13/10/2017

EP: Fish labelling for consumers

Since the end of 2014, consumers in the European Union (EU) have had access to better information when buying fishery and aquaculture products. Mandatory labels or markings for retail sale of seafood (including some types of processed seafood) must, in particular, include information on both the commercial and the scientific names of the species, whether it has been fished or farmed, the catch area or country of production, and the fishing gear used.




See more at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2017/608761/EPRS_ATA(2017)608761_EN.pdf

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