INCOMING EU FOOD SAFETY COMMISSIONER WILL OPPOSE WEAKENING OF EU FOOD HEALTH CONTROLS FOR TTIP
September 1st, 2014
The European Union’s (EU) commissioner-designate for health and food safety Vytenis Andriukaitis, has promised members of the European Parliament that he will oppose any attempt to lower the bloc’s food safety standards as a consequence of agreeing a free trade deal with the USA.He was speaking during his confirmation hearing in the European Parliament in Brussels on September 30 while the seventh round of negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) were unfolding in the US.“As a doctor, my answer is no to any lowering of the ...
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