Akan muncul reaksi dari Indonesia nantinya yang mengatakan bahwa negara-negara Barat sedang berkomplot melakukan diskriminasi terhadap produk-produk yang dihasilkan oleh Indonesia seperti halnya reaksi atas RUU di Australia di mana fihak supermarket yang sebenarnya keberatan dengan penambahan label dikarenakan adanya penambahan biaya untuk mereka.
--- In [email protected], "Bukan Pedanda" <bukan.pedanda@...> wrote: > > > > Saya kutip: > > > "If palm oil is used as a vegetable oil then it will have to be stated on the > label. That is meant to satisfy consumers who may be concerned about palm oil > plantations, which have replaced areas of rainforest in some developing > countries." > > -- > > BBC > > BBC News Europe > > 6 July 2011 Last updated at 11:50 GMT > > EU targets meat origins with new food labelling > Comments (133) > By Laurence Peter BBC News > > > People in Poland, Germany and the UK share their opinions on food labelling > > > European consumers will have to be told where most of their meat comes from > under new EU food labelling rules set to become law soon. > > Euro-MPs backed the wide-ranging rules in a vote on Wednesday. > > Beef currently has country-of-origin labelling, but the plan is to extend > that to poultry, pork and lamb too. > > A standard label including information about energy content, fats, sugar and > salt is set to become mandatory for pre-packed food sold across the EU. > > In recent weeks food safety has been a hot topic in Europe because of an E. > coli outbreak that has claimed 49 lives in Germany. > > Bean sprouts from an organic farm in Lower Saxony were blamed, but the origin > is now believed to be contaminated fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt. > Meat on sale in a French supermarket - file pic Health concerns have fuelled > Europe's drive for better food labelling > > The crisis highlighted the complexity of Europe's food chain and the need for > traceability. > > The new labelling rules were under discussion long before the German > emergency, however. > > The nutritional data will have to be grouped in tabular form on the packaging > and expressed per 100g or per 100ml. > > Food producers can also include Guideline Daily Amounts (GDAs) - a system > already widely used - or use the term "per portion", once the European > Commission has defined portion sizes. > > A minimum font size of 1.2mm has been set for the lettering - or 0.9mm for > small packets - so that the labels are clear. > > The legislation allows food businesses a maximum of five years to switch to > the new labels. > Country of origin debate > > There is scope for businesses to provide more information than the mandatory > minimum - for example, the "traffic light" colour-coding scheme used by many > UK retailers can continue. > Continue reading the main story > New EU food labels > > * Nutritional breakdown must be indicated > * Most pre-packed meat to have country of origin > * Allergenic substances must be indicated > * Lettering must conform to regulation size > * Type of vegetable oil to be indicated, eg palm oil > * Imitation foods - eg oil-based cheese - to be clearly marked > > Under the new rules, any allergenic substances will have to be clearly > labelled in the ingredients. > > Besides beef, currently the country of origin has to be marked on packs of > fresh fruit and vegetables, fish, olive oil and honey. > > MEPs also wanted the country of origin to be marked on dairy produce and on > processed meat such as sausages and ready meals, but EU ministers rejected > that proposal. > > The European Commission will study the feasibility of widening country of > origin labelling to other foods. > > The European Parliament's chief negotiator on the new rules, German > centre-right MEP Renate Sommer, warned of the extra cost to businesses. > > "First we must establish whether the country of origin indication is really > viable for strawberries in jam or for tomatoes in ketchup, and what extra > costs are involved, because it's ultimately the consumer who pays," she said. > Administrative burden > > Imitation foods, for example cheese substitute based on vegetable oil, will > have to be accurately labelled on the front of the pack so as not to mislead > shoppers. > Continue reading the main story > > If palm oil is used as a vegetable oil then it will have to be stated on the > label. That is meant to satisfy consumers who may be concerned about palm oil > plantations, which have replaced areas of rainforest in some developing > countries. > > The main European consumers' organisation, BEUC, welcomed the changes, but > voiced dismay that the nutrition information would not have to be put on the > front of the pack. > > BEUC director general Monique Goyens said "consumers will be able to make > more informed choices on food products, but the regulation will not enable > them to choose the healthiest products at a glance". > > "With regard to the traffic light scheme which presents the amount of > nutrients in a food product, we consider its rejection last year a real blow > for consumers," she added. > > The main exemptions from the mandatory labelling system will be for > small-scale traditional producers and for fresh produce that is not > pre-packed. > > EU negotiators decided that small-scale producers should not face the > additional administrative cost of adopting the new labels. > > An animal welfare activist told the Farming Today programme on BBC Radio 4 > that there was still time to make the new EU rules more detailed, so that > labels "show where animals were born, reared and slaughtered". > > Peter Stevenson of Compassion in World Farming said consumers had a right to > know the animal's life journey, and "to be in a position to say 'No, we won't > buy that meat'". Consumers already get such information for veal, he said. > > According to Andrew Opie of the British Retail Consortium, UK meat producers > already show on the pack where an animal was born and reared. He said it > should not be mandatory to indicate the place of slaughter. > > Meat from animals slaughtered by means other than stunning - for example > kosher or halal meat - will not have to be labelled as such. But MEPs will > consider the issue again in a review of the EU's animal welfare strategy. > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
