Beef: identification and registration of animals and labelling of beef

1999/0204(COD)
The European Parliament in its second reading following the recommendation of Mihail PAPAYANNAKIS (EUL/NGL, Greece) amended the common position as follows: -information additional to the information concerning where the animal was born, fattened or slaughtered may be provided under the voluntary beef labelling system. -the derogation applicable to minced beef must indicate not only the country of preparation, but also the country of origin, where the state or states involved are not the state of preparation.�