PESTICIDES LATEST
August 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced that the proposed European Food Authority is to play a central role in the evaluation of pesticide safety, in a speed up the current slow pace by which the EU is checking the toxicity of active ingredients in plant protection products. Brussels says that when the EFA comes into operation in 2002, it will take over the current pesticides brief of the EU Scientific Committee on Plants, increasing the number of personnel allocated to the job.
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced that the proposed European Food Authority is to play a central role in the evaluation of pesticide safety, in a speed up the current slow pace by which the EU is checking the toxicity of active ingredients in plant protection products. Brussels says that when the EFA comes into operation in 2002, it will take over the current pesticides brief of the EU Scientific Committee on Plants, increasing the number of personnel allocated to the job.
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