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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Ag Committee Steps up Measures to Ensure Welfare ComplianceEU - EU animal welfare rules must be more rigorously enforced, with more inspections and effective penalties, said the Agriculture Committee.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
EU Parliament Votes in Favour of COOLEU - The European Parliament Environment and Consumer Protection Committee has voted in favour of requiring country of origin (COOL) to be labelled on meat, poultry, dairy products, fresh fruit and vegetables...
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Commission Says Members Can Choose over GM Crop CultivationEU - The European Commission has announced its upcoming proposal on choice for Member States to cultivate or not genetically modified organisms (GMO) and approves five decisions on GMOs.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Agriculture MEPs Back Study into New Quality LogoEU - Meeting Tuesday (23 February) MEPs on the Agriculture Committee back a study launched into a new "European quality logo" which would be reserved "exclusively for agricultural goods resulting entirely...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
EU Council Agrees on Better Welfare LabelsEU - At its meeting yesterday (22 February), the Agriculture and Fisheries Council agreed that consumers need more information to make purchasing decisions based on animal welfare but Ministers disagreed...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Animal Welfare Action Plan Needed for Sustainable FutureEU - Eurogroup for Animals has stressed that good animal welfare will undoubtedly benefit all of our society and meet the challenges of sustainability during a seminar organised by the Alliance of...
Friday, February 05, 2010
EU Farmers' Group Welcomes Debate on WelfareEU - European Farmers organisation, Copa-Cogeca, has welcomed the public hearing on Animal Welfare organised by European Parliament, and emphasised the need to ensure that EU legislation is based...
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Agriculture Can Help Slow Climate ChangeEU - Agriculture can help to slow climate change, but should be ready to adapt to the impact of global warming, said Agriculture Committee MEPs and scientists at a public hearing on yesterday (27 Janu...
Friday, January 22, 2010
EFSA: L-Isoleucine is Safe, Effective Feed AdditiveEU - The amino acid, L-isoleucine, is both effective and safe, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
Thursday, January 21, 2010
EU Council Hears of Problems from New CIS TariffEU - The latest meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council heard how customs tariff changes on live pig exports to some Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries are hitting the pig industries...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
EU Re-Considers SVD PolicyEU - The Directorate-General for Health and Consumers is considering options for the future policy on swine vesicular disease (SVD).
Friday, December 18, 2009
Council Discusses Animal Welfare Labelling SchemeEU - At the 2986th Council meeting on Agriculture and Fisheries earlier this week, progress was discussed in the development of a labelling scheme describing animal welfare.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Most EU Pigs Still Castrated Without AnaestheticEU - Over 96 million pigs a year are castrated without anaesthetic in the European Union.
Friday, December 04, 2009
Caution Advised over Use of Cobalt in FeedEU - The FEEDAP Panel of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has recommended modifying the authorisation of cobalt compounds in feedstuffs on the grounds worker safety.
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
EFSA Opens Discussion on Allergenicity of GM FeedEU - The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has opened a consultation on the assessment of allergenicity of genetically modified (GM) food and feed.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Commission Authorises GM MaizeEU - The European Commission adopted today a Decision authorising genetically modified (GM) maize MIR604 for food and feed uses and import and processing.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
EC Approves €275 M for Animal Health ProgrammesEU - Today, the European Commission adopted a financial package of €275 million to support programmes to eradicate, control and monitor animal diseases in 2010.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Results of the First Survey on MRSA in Pigs in the EUEU - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published the first EU-wide survey on MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) in breeding pigs.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Commission to Tackle Anti-Microbial ResistanceEU - The new European Commission paper lays foundations of discussion to tackle the problem of anti-microbial resistance.
Friday, November 13, 2009
EFSA Harmonises Monitoring of Food-Borne ZoonosesEU - The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has reported its aim to harmonise the monitoring of Yersinia and VTEC.
Friday, November 06, 2009
Guidance Document on Pig Protection EndorsedEU - EU Member States endorsed yesterday at SCoFCAH a guidance document on control and surveillance measures to protect pigs against the H1N1 influenza virus.
Monday, November 02, 2009
Monsanto Welcomes EU Approval of its GM MaizeEU - Monsanto's YieldGard VT® corn technologies have received European Union regulatory approval.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
EU Moves to Improve Animal Welfare LabellingEU - A new European Commission report has launched a political debate over animal welfare labelling. The aim is to make it easier for consumers to identify more animal welfare-friendly food products.
Friday, September 18, 2009
EFSA Proposal: Feed Vitamin A Could Risk DeficiencyEU - The UK's National Pig Association (NPA) is calling on European Food Standards Agency (EFSA) to re-consider its latest proposal on maximum vitamin A levels in pig feeds.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
European Agricultural Commissioner Steps DownEU - Mariann Fischer Boel, the European commissioner for agriculture and rural development, has announced that she will not seek a second term in the post.
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
New Rules for Animal By-productsEU - The European Council has adopted a regulation modernising the EU rules for animal by-products, following a first-reading agreement with the European Parliament.
Feed Shortage Ahead for EU FarmersEU - The Commissioner has warned agriculture ministers that disputes over genetically modified (GM) crops between Member States will cause imminent feed shortages.
Friday, July 24, 2009
New EU Import Controls on Feed IngredientsEU - The Commission has adopted a new regulation for import controls on certain food and feed of non-animal origin. It will come into force at the end of January 2010.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Can the EU Uphold Zero Tolerance to GM feed?EU - A new report out this week implies that the European Union may not be able to uphold their zero tolerance policy agains GM crops and feed, due to soaring market costs for natural products.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Zero-tolerance Could Make Pig Farming UntenableEU - High prices and supply bottlenecks in Europe due to the low-level-presence of non-authorised GM grains may force livestock farmers to relocate outside the European Union, according to a new study...
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