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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has finally approved the controversial EU hygiene package, scotching concerns that European Parliament amendments passed last month would delay approval into the autumn. Instead, ministers shirked a fight with MEPs, agreeing changes that will allow public officials to inspect the slaughter of pigs and veal calves, and ignoring European Commission calls for that job to be carried out by abattoirs.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FORMAL calls for proposals have been made by the European Commission for studies into organic and low input milk production, under its Euro 18 million ‘Quality Low Input Food’ project. Euro 330,000 is available for this particular study.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has given its approval to proposals being debated in Whitehall that Britain scrap its upper 30-month age limit for exportable cattle, ruling the UK should be considered a “moderate risk” for BSE exposure.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
DRIVERS handling livestock cargoes should receive special training and decent pay to ensure they are willing and able to avoid causing animals distress, a report on live transports by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has advised. The agency said: “Some very poor welfare in transported animals is caused by bad treatment of animals during loading or unloading, by bad driving or due to inadequate inspection.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
ONLY half of tainted meat subject to formal recalls in the United States from 1998 to 2002 was actually returned, according to a recent study at Ohio State University, published in the Food Control journal, which has questioned the safety of the current system.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Reference Materials (ERM®) seal has been launched, based on a quality assurance system operated by the EU’s Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), Britain’s Laboratory of the Government Chemist (LGC) and others, that can guarantee the authenticity of products and materials.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission’s rapid alert system of food health scare notifications has warned of salmonella contamination in meat from four EU countries: boneless pork collar from Denmark, pigmeat and chicken from the Netherlands, and frozen chicken fillet from Poland.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
TOO much vitamin C can play havoc with digestion, but sand is safe to eat….well silicon is, anyway, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). It has advised that silicon is “unlikely to pose a risk of adverse health effects”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GLOBAL food standards body Codex Alimentarius has drawn up new standards for dairy products for consultation, including guidelines for evaporated skimmed milk-vegetable fat blends, fermented milks and minimum protein content in cheese.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Reference Materials (ERM®) seal has been launched, based on a quality assurance system that could help detect genetically modified organisms in food, guaranteeing lines are GM-free for instance.…