Animal welfare campaigners and legal experts have warned that UK consumers are being misled by pervasive misinformation on ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ministers are reviewing plans set out by the previous Conservative administration to label meat and dairy ...

The Commission adopted a Directive, on 26 November, which narrows the definition of the term "meat" for the labelling of pre-packed meat-based products and provides for the systematic indication of ...

Ministers will ask shoppers if they want products containing meat from ritual slaughter to be clearly labelled. The Government will consider reforms to mandatory labelling this year, including plans ...

Most people mistakenly believe supermarket labels like 'welfare assured' mean animals have not suffered. Mandatory Method of Production labelling will empower consumers and support better animal ...

Food labelling is back in the headlines as EU ministers meet today to discuss the deepening horse meat crisis as it spreads across Europe. As recent events have shown, regulations regarding food ...

The government has been urged to tackle the issue of “pervasive misinformation” on animal products by welfare groups. Compassion in World Farming, Humane World for Animals UK and The Animal Law ...

Dogs fed on premium, meat-rich pet food can have a bigger dietary carbon pawprint than their owners, according to the largest study into dog food's ...

Religious leaders in Britain on Thursday called for all meat to be labelled with details of the method of slaughter after it emerged halal and kosher meat in supermarkets is often not marked as such.

New EU rules on country of origin labelling for meat other than beef came into effect today. Under the new rules, all pre-packed fresh, chilled and frozen meat from sheep, goats, pigs and poultry on ...