Fish Labelling Passport - BEUC leaflet

Consumers have a hard time finding out where and how their fish was sourced. The European Commission's review of the Common Fisheries Policy aims to improve that situation but several of the consumer-friendly labelling provisions have been deleted by the European Parliament's PECH Committee in the report adopted on 20 June 2012.

Recommendations include:

• Mandatory date of catch labelling on fish sold fresh;
• Improved labelling of processed fish (specific name, origin, and production method);
• Minimum criteria for sustainable fish labels.