Reuters - The European Union's food safety watchdog delivered a long-awaited opinion on Thursday to the EU executive arm that will help determine whether food producers' health claims about their products are backed up by science.
Millions undernourished in EU: experts (AFP)
Posted by glenna533 83 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
AFP - More than 30 million people in the EU are undernourished, many of them patients in hospitals and nursing homes, experts told a specialist nutrition congress in Vienna on Monday.
EU booze law is tripe, says mayor
Posted by edwina 119 days ago (http://www.guardian.co.uk)
The mayor of Florence will launch a campaign of civil disobedience this week aimed at defending the Tuscan's right to a enjoy a tipple with tripe.For as long as anyone can recall, Florentines have broken off from shopping in the city's exuberant street markets to enjoy a tripe roll, washed down with a shot of red wine known as a gottino.But on Wednesday a new law against selling alcohol from stre
EU probes firms over drug delays
Posted by donny_blitz 137 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
The European Commission is investigating several drugs firms over costly delays in introducing cheaper generic drugs.
GMO maize strain safe: EU food agency (AFP)
Posted by glenna533 145 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
AFP - A genetically modified strain of maize, banned in some EU countries, poses no risk to health or the environment, the European Food Safety Authority declared on Tuesday.
EU ministers leave open possibility of clone food (AFP)
Posted by glenna533 153 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
AFP - EU farm ministers revived the row over 'Frankenfoods' Monday by retaining the possibility of cloned animal products being sold in Europe, despite scientific uncertainty and Green opposition.
EU warns against swine flu panic
Posted by donny_blitz 207 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
The EU's health chief says a possible flu pandemic may not cause many deaths, following emergency talks on the virus.
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