EU: Hygiene rules may be relaxed for small companies

By: Keith Nuthall | 23 November 2009

Ministers have told the European Commission to review the EU's 2004 farm-to-fork food hygiene regulations and look for ways of making the system more user-friendly for small food businesses.

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Ministers have told the European Commission to review the EU's 2004 farm-to-fork food hygiene regulations and look for ways of making the system more user-friendly for small food businesses.

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