SAFETY RESEARCH
June 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLEURO 192 million will be spent on food quality and safety research this year under the European Union's (EU) Sixth Framework Programme for research, says the European Commission. Projects tackle issues including traceability (including in GM products), contaminants in food, diseases affecting livestock animals, food allergies, obesity and nutrition (especially for babies). Many of the successful projects will further Brussels' aim of linking food quality experts in specialist networks. Two of these funded groups will focus on food information and ...
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