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For ten years now, different initiatives have been taken to harmonise the rules for marketing of meat from cattle aged less than 12 months, without success.
Until now, France and other Member States that favoured the quality of meat by fixing the age of cattle at time of slaughter at less than eight months and by feeding them on milk were disadvantaged by the lack of harmonisation in relation to the designation of veal.
The consumer could be misled, because two meats that were different in age, taste and quality could bear the same description and the same labelling.
I am very pleased, therefore, that we have at last found a compromise, and, what is more, a compromise that has not been reached at the expense of tradition, nor of quality. Indeed, this report takes into account considerations linked with the internal market but respects traditions, by preserving IGPs (protected geographical indications) and AOCs (registered designations of origin).
I am glad to see that Europe is not only concerned with the safety standards, which beef and veal meet, and that these difficulties have been overcome. It remained to promote the quality and the information for the consumer, which is the purpose of the report on which we are voting today."@en1
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