Compulsory ’made in’ labelling remains divisive

The member states' ministers have yet to find common ground on the issue of mandatory origin marking, a provision included in the proposal for a regulation on consumer product safety. Several countries, first and foremost Germany, reject the provision. ?We do recognise the need to come up with a common view, but we cannot support the current proposal,? declared Stefan Kapferer, state secretary in Germany's Ministry of Economics and Technology. ?We don't understand the value of the indication of the…