HORSEMEAT: FRANCE: Deal on plans to change labelling rules
By Stuart Todd | 13 February 2013
Changes to France's laws on food labelling and traceability look set to be introduced in the wake of the horse meat contamination that has engulfed the country's food sector.
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Changes to France's laws on food labelling and traceability look set to be introduced in the wake of the horse meat contamination that has engulfed the country's food sector.
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