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BY KEITH NUTHALL

ENVIRONMENTAL health officers have been asked to say what they think of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which has been conducting an internal review of its work, now it has settled into its permanent headquarters in Parma.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Environment Agency (EEA) has called for greater caution amongst governments when dealing with potential environmental health risks, notably from unpredictable ‘cocktail effects’ caused by multiple pollutants. A detailed report concluded: "Due to the complexity and multi-causality of the links between environment and health, there needs to be a wider use of the precautionary principle in order to prevent significant causes of disease and ill health".…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EU food industry representatives are being asked whether they think voluntary codes are adequate to limit marketing of energy-dense and micronutrient poor foods. A European Commission Green Paper on health and obesity asks whether legislation should be passed, if self-regulation fails.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers and MEPs will this spring consider a major overhaul of the EU’s rules governing organic food production, which has been proposed by the European Commission. It aims to simplify standards saying when a foodstuff can be labelled organic, with EU agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel appealing for support, saying it will help "consumers to recognise organic products and understand their environmental and animal welfare benefits".…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE SPENDING of millions of Euros by the European Commission from 2007-13 on food supplies to ease humanitarian emergencies will have greater flexibility under a proposals developed for the European Union’s (EU) medium-term budget. The Commission has tabled a ‘thematic programme’ for this expenditure, erasing current bureaucratic rules earmarking and funnelling food spending in advance on specific regions.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers and MEPs will this spring consider a major overhaul of the EU’s rules governing organic food production, which has been proposed by the European Commission. It aims to simplify standards saying when a foodstuff can be labelled organic, with EU agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel appealing for support, saying it will help "consumers to recognise organic products and understand their environmental and animal welfare benefits".…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed a series of zero-duty import quotas for a wide range of food products for which there is demand within the EU, but where local production is either weak or non-existent. Products range from crab and bamboo shoots to noodles and pineapples.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AN OVERHAUL of EU rules governing organic food production has been proposed by the European Commission, which aims to simplify standards saying when a foodstuff can be labelled organic. Brussels wants at least 95% of an organic labelled product would have to meet EU organic production standards.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

The European Commission is to provide euros 25.5 million – half the total cost – of 25 programmes to promote agricultural products in 14 EU countries. These are meant essentially as information/publicity projects, highlighting quality, food safety, regional specialities, organic produce and animal welfare as well as underwriting participation in fairs and agricultural shows.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the payment of three national subsidy schemes for the European Union (EU) food sector, using its powers to block or approve state aid schemes to ensure a level EU commercial playing field. It has allowed the payment of GBPounds 2.25 million by the UK government on the Meat Generic Advertising Scheme for Wales, from April 2006 to March 2007.…