Export of live pigs from UK can restart
On 4 December 2001, the EU's Standing Veterinary Committee (SVC) voted in favour of a...
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Gesundheit & Lebensstil
Verhofstadt supports Helsinki as host for European Food Authority
Gesundheit
Guy Verhofstadt, Belgium's Prime Minister and current President of the European Council, said he is...
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After dioxin limits for feed, Council adopts dioxin limits for food
Gesundheit
The Council set limits on the presence of dioxin in foodstuffs, on 29 November -...
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Council adopts dioxin limits in feed
Gesundheit
The Council adopted a Directive setting legally binding limits on the presence of dioxin and...
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New Directive issues stricter labelling requirements for meat-based products
Gesundheit
The Commission adopted a Directive, on 26 November, which narrows the definition of the term...
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MEPs want more money for new public health programme
Gesundheit
The Parliament's environment committee wants to increase the funding for the new Community action programme...
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Big fines for vitamins cartel
Gesundheit
The Commission imposed a record fine of more than 855 million euros on 8 pharmaceutical...
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Health Council agrees not to make free blood donations compulsory
Gesundheit
EU health ministers unanimously reached a political agreement, on 15 November, on amending the proposal...
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Doha: poor countries get better access to medicines
Gesundheit
Negotiators at the Doha Summit in Qatar reached a compromise agreement on the issue of...
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Vaccines where they're needed
Gesundheit
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