AUTHENTICITY ISSUES IN MEAT AND MEAT-PRODUCTS

Proper product description is of crucial importance in ensuring fair t rading practices and enabling consumers to make informed choices and i s therefore addressed in some detail in UK food legislation. This pape r will briefly examine the historical development of UK food laws and the meaning of ''authenticity'' within the context of current legislat ion, particularly with respect to meat and fish products. The food aut henticity programme of the UK Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and F ood (MAFF) is discussed, outlining its R and D programme and detailing the types of topics under consideration, and how selection of surveil lance projects is determined. Copyright (C) 1996 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd