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European Baking Ingredients Market Report 2022
Meat standards 45
POLICY

Brexit, trade deals,

labelling and meat

standards

he turbulent political and potentially need to be distinguished
economic environment – for example by labels – as not for
over the last few years has sale in the EU.
Tovershadowed long-term
trends which will gradually change Meanwhile, work is continuing
the market for food products across apace in both the EU and the UK
Europe and beyond. on changing standards of meat
production. The EU Farm to Fork
The departure of the UK from strategy takes extensive account
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the EU has created a curiosity: of environmental considerations,
a separate market with almost including the End the Cage Age
identical rules for how foodstuffs European Citizens’ Initiative
– in particular meat products launched by Compassion in World
– are to be produced. The UK Farming, which attracted 1.4 million
initially adopted the EU acquis signatures and has in principle
(common rights and obligations) been accepted by the Commission.
wholesale on leaving, with a view Subject to the usual EU decision-
to modifying it later when the making process, requiring consent
Government thought it appropriate. from Parliament and the Council of
The possibility of deviation leads to
a need for border controls, which
in turn has led to the impasse
over Northern Ireland, which has
remained in the EU customs area
(because of its intricate commercial
ties with Ireland) while also
remaining part of the UK.

Actual, rather than theoretical,
deviation is now starting to
appear. The UK Government is
putting the Genetic Technology
(Precision Breeding) Bill through
Parliament and while the EU
continue to regard gene editing as
essentially a special case of genetic Dr Nick Palmer
modification and subject to the Head of Compassion in
same prohibitions, gene editing World Farming UK
of plants and in due course E: Nick.Palmer@ciwf.org
animals will now become possible W: www.ciwf.org
T: +44 1483 521 967
in the UK. T: 07767 755255
River Court, Mill Lane,
The resulting products, including, Godalming, GU7 1EZ,
for example, bakery products United Kingdom
containing meat derived from
a gene editing process, will

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