New DEFRA advice on food labelling
Today the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs issued new guidelines for labelling produce from the OPT. It has the status of advice to retailers rather than being enforced by law.
Labelling of food from the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Advice to retailers and importers who wish to respond to consumer demand for information about the origin of food that has been produced in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) is available. The advice will help retailers and importers to consider how best to respond to consumer demand for information about the origin of food that has been produced in the OPT.
Technical advice: labelling of produce grown in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (PDF) - 10 December 2009.
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