What counts as veal in the EU?
Under EU market rules, meat from bovine animals up to eight months old is sold as veal; meat from animals aged eight to twelve months forms a separate category. The label states the age at slaughter.
The categories are set out in Annex VII, Part I of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 (EUR-Lex). In Spain, the sales names are “ternera blanca” for animals up to eight months and “ternera” for animals from eight to twelve months. As names differ from country to country, we confirm the category in the specification.





