EU FOOD/FEED CONTROLS
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission's proposed regulation reforming European Union (EU) food and feed controls is close to final approval, with the acceptance of the reform package by the European Parliament. Crucially, MEPs agreed amendments that had been informally approved in advance with the EU Council of Ministers, so a swift final rubber-stamping is now anticipated, clearing the way for the regulation to come into force on January 1, 2006.Its rules are particularly relevant to the meat sector, because of its exposure to health scares in recent years. ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.