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Revised fruit and vegetable marketing standards

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Product marketing standards / Agricultural products
Product marketing standards / Product marketing standards

Summary

The European Commission has adopted revised marketing standards for fruit and vegetables. Today, the origin must be indicated for fruit and vegetables. This will be extended to cover dried fruit, nuts and ripened bananas. The revised rules will also allow fruit and vegetables that do not meet marketing standards to be sold for further processing or animal feed. These changes aim to support the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy goals of improving consumer information and reducing food waste.