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VIETNAM POULTRY & SHRIMP
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament’s environment committee has attacked the lifting of a ban on Vietnamese poultry and shrimp exports into the European Union (EU) because of concerns about the use of controlled antibiotics. MEP’s accused the European Commission of acting in haste, without adequately checking whether controlled nitrofurans were still being widely used by Vietnamese shrimp and poultry producers.…
FOOD SAFETY ASSESSMENT
BY ALAN OSBORN
WILL the creation of a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to serve all 15 EU countries help the cause of food safety in Britain? Some say that our own history of food safety has not been inspiring in recent years and in a number of areas lags behind that of our European partners.…
GERMAN QUALITY MARK
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has thrown doubt on the legality of national food quality marks within the European Union (EU), through a judgement ruling that a ‘Markenqualität aus deutschen Landen’ (quality label for produce made in Germany) scheme breaks EU freedom of trade rules by excluding products made out of its home country.…
MOBILE AIR-CON
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union environment Commissioner Margot Wallström has revealed that the European Commission will later this year propose rules regulating emissions from mobile air-conditioning, such as those in cars. The rules would be part of proposed legislation on reducing fluorinated gases.…
CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
COMMENTS are being sought on proposed reforms to global guidelines on the operation of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) systems. They have been drawn up by the world food standards body Codex Alimentarius, with particular focus being thrown on adapting the advice to the needs of small and new businesses.…
AIR QUALITY TESTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INNOVATIVE pilot study has been launched in Milan, which could transform the way that air pollution is analysed and measured in Europe, enabling a clearer picture to emerge about the source of emissions. The European Union’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has joined with the regional Italian environmental protection agency Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente Lombardia to measure urban air pollution in the city until the end of February.…
AARHUS UPDATE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WIDE range of industries will have to declare information about their pollution emissions under a new protocol to the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters.…
WASTE REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Environment Agency has released a comprehensive report promoting good practice within Europe’s waste industry, in a bid to ease governments’ reliance on landfilling, which it considers too dominant. Case Studies on Waste Minimisation Practices in Europe focuses on 10 initiatives undertaken in Europe during the 1990’s to promote and encourage waste minimisation.…
AIR QUALITY TESTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INNOVATIVE pilot study has been launched in Milan, which could transform the way that air pollution is analysed and measured in Europe, enabling a clearer picture to emerge about the source of emissions. The European Union’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has joined with the regional Italian environmental protection agency Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente Lombardia to measure urban air pollution in the city until the end of February.…
AARHUS UPDATE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WIDE range of industries will have to declare information about their pollution emissions under a new protocol to the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters.…